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Ghoul vs Goal - What's the difference?

ghoul | goal |

As nouns the difference between ghoul and goal

is that ghoul is a spirit said to feed on corpses while goal is a result that one is attempting to achieve.

ghoul

English

Alternative forms

* ghole

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mythology, folklore) A spirit said to feed on corpses.
  • * 1927 — , Pickman's Model
    • The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.
  • A graverobber
  • A person with an undue interest in death and corpses.

    • Derived terms

    * ghoulish

    Related terms

    * (graverobber) resurrection man, resurrectionist, body snatcher

    Descendants

    * Portuguese: (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    goal

    English

    (wikipedia goal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A result that one is attempting to achieve.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-02, volume=409, issue=8860, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A shrinking slice , passage=The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.}}
  • In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
  • The act of placing the object into the goal.
  • A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 15, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest , passage=The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.}}
  • A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

    • Synonyms

    * (a result one is attempting to achieve: ) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration * See also

    Derived terms

    (goal) * goalball * goal difference * goalie * goalkeeper * goalgetter * goalpost * goaltender * goal umpire * golden goal * silver goal * subgoal

    Anagrams

    * ----