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Gaggle vs Goggle - What's the difference?

gaggle | goggle |

As nouns the difference between gaggle and goggle

is that gaggle is a group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water while goggle is a wide-eyed stare.

As verbs the difference between gaggle and goggle

is that gaggle is to make a noise like a goose; to cackle while goggle is to stare (at something) with wide eyes.

gaggle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
  • *
  • Any group or gathering of related things; bunch.
  • * '>citation

    • Verb

    (gaggl)
  • To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • * 1733 , , "A New Simile for the Ladies with Useful Annotations by Dr. Sheridan", note 7 (in The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. II ):
    • When a friend asked Socrates, how he could bear the scolding of his wife Xantippe? he retorted, and asked him, how he could bear the gaggling of his geese?

    See also

    * skein * wedge English collective nouns

    goggle

    English

    Verb

    (goggl)
  • to stare (at something) with wide eyes
  • *
  • to roll the eyes
  • * Hudibras
    • And wink and goggle like an owl.

    Noun

    (goggles) (en noun)
  • a wide-eyed stare
  • (in the plural) a pair of protective eyeglasses

    • Derived terms

    * goggle box * beer goggles * love goggles