Difference between Hick and Yokel

HICK vs YOKEL: NOUN

An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
Not very intelligent or interested in culture
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture; a hayseed.
A countryman: used like hodge.
A person regarded as unsophisticated, gullible, or coarse from having lived in the country.

Awkwardly simple and provincial
Provincial; unsophisticated.
Rural. Opposite of urban.
Characteristic of rural people, especially those not knowledgeable about matters outside their locality.

Naif, Dork, Hillbilly, Redneck, Chawbacon, Bumpkinly, Provincial, Rural, Yahoo, Unsophisticated, Rustic, Yokel, Bumpkin, Hayseed, Rube

Oaf, Dolt, Buffoon, Simpleton, Redneck, Cornball, Boor, Lout, Hillbilly, Chawbacon, Yahoo, Hayseed, Rube, Hick, Bumpkin

Cracker, Peasant, Naif, Dork, Hillbilly, Redneck, Bumpkinly, Provincial, Rural, Unsophisticated, Rustic, Yokel, Bumpkin, Hayseed, Rube

Nitwit, Nincompoop, Oaf, Dolt, Buffoon, Simpleton, Redneck, Cornball, Boor, Lout, Hillbilly, Hayseed, Rube, Hick, Bumpkin

So a simpleton could be considered a hillbilly or yokel as well as a dullard or dunce.
Her hard work and perseverance was about to pay off, thanks to the help of Jessica Beckett, a local yokel with plenty of grit.
YOKEL was an insulting name, similar to country bumpkin, and applied by a city person when speaking of someone from the countryside.
Warren Logan, who plays local yokel Willard, has always had a soft spot for the original movie version.
Yokel RA, Urbas AA, Lodder RA, Selegue JP, Florence RL.
Lubawy W, Yokel R, Blouin R, et al.
Funny this first page only opens to an yokel for molindone.
Yokel in deepest Alabama could sell from it.
Yokel RA, Ackrill P, Burgess E, et al.
It takes you out of your way and wastes precious time while some yokel argues with another yokel about the fastest route.