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Goby vs Goy - What's the difference?

goby | goy |

As nouns the difference between goby and goy

is that goby is any of various small fish from the large family gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker while goy is (goy).

goby

English

(wikipedia goby)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
  • A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio .

    • See also

    * mudskipper * ("goby" on Wikipedia) * (Gobiidae) * *

    Anagrams

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    goy

    English

    (wikipedia goy)

    Alternative forms

    * Goy * goi, Goi

    Noun

  • A non-Jew, a Gentile.
  • * 1988 , :
    • I don’t think that marriage is working, but I’m not going to be stupid about it and say she shouldn’t have married a goy .

    Synonyms

    * gentile * minuth, minim * oved elilim * nokhri, nokhrim * amme haaretz * ger toshav * apikorosim * akum * shegetz, shkotzim

    Usage notes

    * This noun is sometimes taken to be offensive; speakers wishing to avoid offense may prefer the term (gentile) (sometimes capitalized as (Gentile)) or simply (term).

    Derived terms

    * antigoyism * anti-goyish

    Anagrams

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