Goad vs Running - What's the difference?
goad | running |
A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
* Macaulay
To prod with a goad.
To encourage or stimulate.
To incite or provoke.
Moving or advancing by running.
# Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
successive; one following the other without break or intervention
Flowing; easy; cursive.
Continuous; keeping along step by step.
* Milton
* Hare
(botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
(medicine) Discharging pus.
(informal) consecutively; in a row
The action of the verb to run .
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
As nouns the difference between goad and running
is that goad is a long, pointed stick used to prod animals while running is the action of the verb to run .As verbs the difference between goad and running
is that goad is to prod with a goad while running is .As an adjective running is
moving or advancing by running.As an adverb running is
(informal) consecutively; in a row.goad
English
Noun
(en noun)- The daily goad urging him to the daily toil.
Verb
(en verb)- goading a boy to fight
See also
* goatAnagrams
*running
English
Adjective
(-)- to be away two days running
- running handwriting
- a running explanation
- a running conquest
- What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
- a running vine
- a running sore
Adverb
(-)- Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running .
Noun
(wikipedia running) (en noun)- His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
- Running is good exercise.
- the first running of a still