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Goat vs Aries - What's the difference?

goat | aries |

As nouns the difference between goat and aries

is that goat is a mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra while Aries is someone with an Aries star sign.

As a verb goat

is to allow goats to feed on.

As a proper noun Aries is

a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.

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

    See also

    * chevon * ewe * herd * hircine * kid * ram * tribe *

    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

    Anagrams

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    aries

    English

    Proper noun

    (en-proper noun) (symbol )
  • (zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.
  • * 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3
    • The Bull, being gall’d, gave Aries such a knock / That down fell both the Ram’s horns in the court.
  • (astrology) The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 21 - April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 - May 15 (sidereal astrology).

    • Derived terms

    * Arian * Arietis

    Antonyms

    * Libra

    Noun

    (Aries)
  • Someone with an Aries star sign.

    • Synonyms

    * Arian

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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