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Goff vs Goof - What's the difference?

goff | goof |

As a proper noun goff

is .

As a noun goof is

(us) a mistake or error,.

As a verb goof is

(us) to make a mistake.

goff

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(-)
  • (Scotland) (ball game)
    • (Halliwell)
  • * (Maria Edgeworth)
    • Forester soon took an aversion to the game of goff , and recollected Scotch reels with less contempt.

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) , (etyl) goffo, (etyl) gofo, (etyl) dialect Goff a blockhead.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A fool; a clown.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)

    goof

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A mistake or error,
    • I made a goof in that last calculation.
  • # (US, cinematography) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
  • (US) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
    • Your little brother is a total goof .
  • A child molester.

    • Synonyms

    * (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To make a mistake.
    • It's my fault: I goofed.
  • (US) To engage in mischief.
    • We were just goofing by painting the neighbors cat green.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from goof) * goof around * goof off * goof-off * goof up * goofball * goofy