Farewell vs Goo - What's the difference?
farewell | goo |
A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= An act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
Parting, valedictory, final.
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*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
goodbye
* Milton
To bid farewell or say goodbye
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 9, author=Neil Wilson and staff writers, title=Tributes for newsman Brian Naylor and wife, killed in fires, work=Herald Sun
, passage=He farewelled viewers with a warm sign-off after each bulletin: "May your news be good news, and goodnight." }}
(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid.
Excessive, showy sentimentality
To apply goo to something.
As nouns the difference between farewell and goo
is that farewell is a wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu while goo is (uncountable|informal) any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid or goo can be an example of baby talk.As verbs the difference between farewell and goo
is that farewell is to bid farewell or say goodbye while goo is to apply goo to something or goo can be to produce baby talk.As an adjective farewell
is parting, valedictory, final.As an interjection farewell
is goodbye.farewell
English
Noun
(en noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
- And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.
- Before I take my farewell of the subject.
Adjective
(-)Interjection
(en interjection)- He said "Farewell !" and left.
- So farewell' hope, and with hope, ' farewell fear.
Verb
(en verb)citation
goo
English
Etymology 1
American English, known since 1903, probably from (1787), possibly an alteration of glue.Noun
(-)- ''I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.
- ''When dad couldn't stand the goo anymore, he stopped Tommy's tearful goodbye from the Swedish au-pair Matts, firmly smacking the boys' pants and grumbling "Now stop the goo or I'll give each of you a reason to cry!"
Derived terms
* from goo to you by way of the zoo * gooey * gooeynessSynonyms
* gloop * glop * gook * goop * gunge * gunk * gum * muck * ooze * paste * slop * sludgeVerb
(en verb)- ''They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
