Anxiety vs Goof - What's the difference?
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An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
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An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
(US) A mistake or error,
# (US, cinematography) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
(US) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
A child molester.
(US) To make a mistake.
(US) To engage in mischief.
As nouns the difference between anxiety and goof
is that anxiety is an unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event while goof is (us) a mistake or error,.As a verb goof is
(us) to make a mistake.anxiety
English
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- But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
- I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.
Synonyms
* care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distressExternal links
* *goof
English
Noun
(en noun)- I made a goof in that last calculation.
- Your little brother is a total goof .
Synonyms
* (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * See alsoVerb
(en verb)- It's my fault: I goofed.
- We were just goofing by painting the neighbors cat green.
