Aiming vs Goal - What's the difference?
aiming | goal |
The act of one who aims.
* 1867 , William Hickman Smith Aubrey, The National and Domestic History of England
A result that one is attempting to achieve.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-02, volume=409, issue=8860, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
The act of placing the object into the goal.
A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 15, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC Sport
, title= A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
As nouns the difference between aiming and goal
is that aiming is the act of one who aims while goal is a result that one is attempting to achieve.As a verb aiming
is present participle of lang=en.aiming
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The aimings after the impossible, represented by the Uniformity Act of 1549, had failed
goal
English
(wikipedia goal)Noun
(en noun)A shrinking slice, passage=The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.}}
Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest, passage=The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.}}
