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Asparagus vs Goose - What's the difference?

asparagus | goose |

As nouns the difference between asparagus and goose

is that asparagus is any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers while goose is any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck.

As a verb goose is

to sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

asparagus

English

(wikipedia asparagus) (wikispecies)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
  • The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

    • Synonyms

    * sparrowgrass * sparage, sparagus, sparagrass

    goose

    English

    Noun

    (geese)
  • Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck
    • There is a flock of geese on the pond.
  • The flesh of the goose used as food.
  • *
  • (slang) A silly person
  • * {{quote-book, 1906, Langdon Mitchell, chapter=The New York Idea, Best Plays of the Early American Theatre, 1787-1911, page=430 citation
    • , passage=I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose .}}
  • (archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
  • * Scene 3:
    • Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose .
  • (South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.

    • Usage notes

    * A male goose is called a gander. A young goose is a gosling. * A group of geese can be called a gaggle when they are on the ground or in the water, and a skein or a wedge when they are in flight.

    Synonyms

    * (sense, tailor's iron) goose iron

    Derived terms

    * game of the goose * goose egg * goose game * goose pimple * gooseneck * goose-step * Mother Goose * what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander * one's goose is cooked

    See also

    * duck * eider * gander * swan * waterfowl

    Verb

    (goos)
  • (slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.
  • To stimulate, to spur.
  • (slang) To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
  • (UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
    • English nouns with irregular plurals