Goat vs Song - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between goat and song

is that goat is (uk|politics|informal) a member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by british prime minister (gordon brown) while song is wave.

As a verb song is

to shake out even.

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

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song

English

(wikipedia song)

Noun

(en noun)

A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

*{{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page= 266

, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}

*, chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song , the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,

(label) Any musical composition.

Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:This subject for heroic song .

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:The bard that first adorned our native tongue / Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song .

The act or art of singing.

A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.

*(Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)

*:That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.

Something that cost only a little; chiefly in for a song.

*(Benjamin Silliman) (1779–1864)

*:The soldier's pay is a song .

*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song , and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.

An object of derision; a laughing stock.

*(Bible), (w) xxx. 9

*:And now am I their song , yea, I am their byword.

Derived terms

* birdsong * for a song * old song * on song * singsong * siren song * Song of Solomon * Song of Songs * songsheet * song sparrow * song thrush * songwise * songwriter * swan song

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