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Goggle vs Googol - What's the difference?

goggle | googol |

As a verb goggle

is to stare (at something) with wide eyes.

As a noun goggle

is a wide-eyed stare.

As a numeral googol is

the number 10100, written as 1 followed by 100 zeros.

goggle

English

Verb

(goggl)
  • to stare (at something) with wide eyes
  • *
  • to roll the eyes
  • * Hudibras
    • And wink and goggle like an owl.

    Noun

    (goggles) (en noun)
  • a wide-eyed stare
  • (in the plural) a pair of protective eyeglasses

    • Derived terms

    * goggle box * beer goggles * love goggles

    googol

    English

    (wikipedia googol)

    Numeral

    (en noun)
  • (cardinal) The number 10100, written as 1 followed by 100 zeros.
  • *1979 , (Steven Pinker), "Formal models of language learning", Language, Cognition, and Human Nature :
  • *:For example, in considering all the finite state grammars that use seven terminal symbols and seven auxiliary symbols (states), [...] he must test over a googol (10^100) candidates.
  • * 1980 , , chapter IX
    • If the universe were packed solid with neutrons, say, so there was no empty space anywhere, there would still only be about 10128 particles in it, quite a bit more than a googol but trivially small compared to a googolplex.

    Derived terms

    * Google * googolplex