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Goal vs Goll - What's the difference?

goal | goll |

As nouns the difference between goal and goll

is that goal is a result that one is attempting to achieve while goll is hand.

As a proper noun goll is

god.

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

    * ----

    goll

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) hand
  • * {{quote-book, year=1609, author=Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, title=Philaster, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Then give me thy Princely goll , which thus I kisse, to whom I crouch and bow; But see my royall sparke, this head-strong swarme that follow me humming like a master Bee, have I led forth their Hives, and being on wing, and in our heady flight, have seazed him shall suffer for thy wrongs. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1622, author=, title=The Noble Spanish Soldier, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Give me thy goll , thou are a noble girl. }}

    Etymology 2

    From God

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (euphemistic) God
  • * {{quote-book, year=1900, author=Edward Noyes Westcott, title=The Christmas Story from David Harum, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage='I dunno what you mean,' says Jim. 'Yes, ye do, goll darn ye!' says Dick, 'yes, ye do. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1919, author=Various, title=The Best Short Stories of 1917, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=By goll ! that's all I'm good for to take on now. }} ----