Ghost vs Goat - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between ghost and goat

is that ghost is (rare) the spirit; the soul of man while goat is (uk|politics|informal) a member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by british prime minister (gordon brown).

As a verb ghost

is (obsolete|transitive) to haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.

ghost

English

Alternative forms

* ghoast (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

(rare) The spirit; the soul of man.

* Spenser

Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.

The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

Everyone showed that the ghost of an old lady haunted this crypt.

The mighty ghosts of our great Harries rose.

* Coleridge

I thought that I had died in sleep/And was a blessed ghost .

Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.

* Poe

Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner

, title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}

A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.

A ghostwriter.

(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.

(computing) An image of a file or hard disk.

(theater) An understudy.

(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.

The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.

* 1992 , Maurice J. Whitford, Getting Rid of Graffiti (page 45)

Regardless of GRM used, graffiti ghosts persist. Protect cladding with surface coating or replace with graffiti resistant paint or laminate.

(video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.

* 2012 , Keith Burgun, Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games

This is also the case for some racing games (Super Mario Kart is a good example) that allow you to compete against your ghosts , which are precise recordings of your performance.

(label)

(label) the of

(label) perceived or listed but not

(label) of nature

(label)

Synonyms

* (soul) soul, spirit * (spirit appearing after death) apparition, haint, phantom, revenant, specter/spectre, spook, wraith. * (faint shadowy semblance) glimmer, glimmering, glimpse, hint, inkling, spark, suggestion. * (false image in an optical device) * (false image on a television screen) : echo * (ghostwriter) ghostwriter * See also

Derived terms

* antighost * * ghost band * ghost bat * ghost bike * ghost catshark * ghost chili * ghost condensate * ghost crab * ghost dance * ghost detainee * ghosten * Ghost Festival * ghost flathead * ghost fleet * ghost frog * ghost fungus * ghost goal * ghost gum * ghost hunting * ghost imaging * ghost insect * ghost island * ghost knifefish * ghost light * ghost mark * ghost moth * ghost net * ghost note * ghost of a chance * ghost orchid * ghostly * ghost pepper * ghost ramp * ghost-riding * ghost runner * ghost ship * ghost shrimp * ghost sickness * ghost sign * ghost skate * ghost slug * ghost station * ghost story * ghost town * ghost train * ghost voting * ghost world * ghostwriter * give up the ghost * grey ghost * Holy Ghost

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.

* 1606 , , Act II, sc. 6, l. 1221

since Julius Caesar, / Who at Philippi the good Brutus ghosted

(obsolete) To die; to expire.

(Sir Philip Sidney)

(ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.

(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.

(computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.

(GUI) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.

* 1991 , Amiga User Interface Style Guide (page 76)

Whenever a menu or menu item is inappropriate or unavailable for selection, it should be ghosted . Never allow the user to select something that does nothing in response.

(internet) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 24 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Arsenal came into the match under severe pressure and nerves were palpable early on as Pratley was brilliantly denied by Szczesny after ghosting in front of Kieran Gibbs}}

Anagrams

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goat

English

Noun

(wikipedia goat) (en noun)

A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus'', and similar species of the genus ''Capra .

(slang) A lecherous man.

* etymology: from the slang term "horny as a goat"

(informal) A scapegoat.

* 2008 , "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008

Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.

* 1997 , "", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas

Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.

Nickname for the Pontiac GTO

Synonyms

* See also

Holonyms

* (group of goats) tribe, herd

Derived terms

* act the goat * billygoat * get one's goat * goat's breath * goatfish * goatee * goatherd * goatish * goatpox * mountain goat * scapegoat

Verb

(en verb)

To allow goats to feed on.

* 1918 , Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51

Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously

To scapegoat.

* 2001 , "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today , July 15, 2001

John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save

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