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Goblin vs Ouphe - What's the difference?

goblin | ouphe |

As an initialism goblin

is (british|rail transport|informal) line, a railway line in north london.

As a noun ouphe is

(obsolete) a small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.

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

    • ouphe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aulf

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.
  • * 1602 , '', Act 5, Scene 4, 1768, John Baskerville, Alexander Pope (editors), ''The Works of Shakespear , Volume 1, page 301,
    • Strew good luck, ouphes , on every ?acred room, / That it may ?tand 'till the perpetual Doom, / In ?tate as whol?om, as in ?tate 'tis fit; / Worthy the owner, as the owner it.
  • * 1835', , ''The Culprit Fay'', '''1899 , ''The Culprit Fa[y] , page 4,
    • For an Ouphe has broken his vestal vow; / He has loved an earthly maid, / And left for her his woodly shade;
  • * 1835 , Review of The Culprit Fay and Other Poems'' by Joseph Rodman Drake and ''Alnwick Castle'' by Fitz-Greene Halleck, ''Southern Literary Messenger , Volume 2, page 329,
    • The plot is as follows. An Ouphe , one of the race of Fairies, has "broken his vestal vow,"in short, he has broken Fairy-law in becoming enamored of a mortal.