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Goblin vs Orc - What's the difference?

goblin | orc |

As nouns the difference between goblin and orc

is that goblin is a mythical malevolent phantom or grotesque diminutive humanoid; a kobold while orc is any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale.

As initialisms the difference between goblin and orc

is that goblin is Gospel Oak to Barking Line, a railway line in north London while ORC is orange River Colony, a name given to the Orange Free State when annexed by Britain in 1900.

goblin

English

(wikipedia goblin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (fantasy literature) A mythical malevolent phantom or grotesque diminutive humanoid; a kobold.
  • * 1872', , ''The Princess and the '''Goblin , page 50,
    • ""
  • * 2006 , Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones , page 187,
    • At last the goblins' had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two ' goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.
  • * 2010 , Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves , Part 1, page 37,
    • The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield.
    The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.
  • * 2010', D. S. Macleod, ''The Middle Times: Rise of the '''Goblin King , page 229,
    • I shall send another entourage of goblins' back here to Desput with the '''goblins'''’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other ' goblin .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins . For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}

    Derived terms

    * goblin shark * (goblin spider) (family )

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • orc

    English

    (wikipedia orc)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) orque, (etyl) orca, and their source, (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive.
  • * 1656 , Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo , I.1:
    • Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke , begotten by an Incubus.
  • * 1834 , "The National Fairy Mythology of England" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53:
    • The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas).
  • * 1954 , (JRR Tolkien), The Fellowship of the Ring :
    • There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.

    See also

    * goblin * troll

    Anagrams

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