Goat vs Fox - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between goat and fox

is that goat is (uk|politics|informal) a member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by british prime minister (gordon brown) while fox is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

As a proper noun fox is

derived from the name of the animal.

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

Anagrams

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fox

English

(wikipedia fox)

Noun

(es)

A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes ), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.

*15^th century ,

*:The fox went out on a chase one night, / he prayed to the Moon to give him light, / for he had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o. / He had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o.

*

*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the ).

The fur of a fox.

A fox terrier.

The , so called from its yellow color.

A cunning person.

(lb) A physically attractive man or woman.

*1993 , (Laura Antoniou), (w) , p.90:

*:And Jerry was cute, you know, I liked him, but Frank was a total fox . And he was rougher than Jerry, you know, not so cultured.

*2012 , Adele Parks, Still Thinking of You

*:It wasn't just that Jayne was a fox – although, fuck, was she ever a fox. That arse, those tits, those lips. They could have a really good time together.

(lb) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.

(lb) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.

(lb) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare)

*:Thou diest on point of fox .

Synonyms

* (a mammal related to dogs and wolves) tod * (attractive man or woman) see also

Hyponyms

* vixen (feminine form )

Hypernyms

* canid

Derived terms

* crazy like a fox * fox grape * Fox Islands * Fox River * fox snake * fox sparrow * fox squirrel * fox terrier * fox trot * foxaline * foxery * foxfire * fox-fire * fox-fur * fox-furred * foxglove * foxhole * fox-hole * foxhound * fox-hunt * foxish * foxless * fox-like * foxling * foxly * fox-mark * foxship * foxtail * foxtailed * foxter * foxtrot/fox-trot * foxy * firefox * kit fox * red fox * silver fox * sly as a fox

References

Verb

(es)
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.

To confuse or baffle (someone).

This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.

To act slyly or craftily.

To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.

The pages of the book show distinct foxing .

To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

* (Samuel Pepys)

I drank so much wine that I was almost foxed .

To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Derived terms

* outfox