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Gola vs Goal - What's the difference?

gola | goal |

Goal is a anagram of gola.



As a proper noun Gola

is the African language which as the ISO code 'gol'.

As a noun goal is

a result that one is attempting to achieve.

gola

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The African language which as the ISO code 'gol'.
  • * 1971 , Rural Africana (Michigan State University, Political Science Department / African Studies Center), issues 13-18, page 13:
    • Most De speak Gola fluently and many also speak Vai.
  • * 1994 , Melissa Leach, Rainforest relations: gender and resource use among the Mende of Gola, Sierra Leone , page 49:
    • Nevertheless, some still remember how to speak Gola , occasionally uphold their Gola origins, and seem to reflect them in the orientation of certain social values.
  • * 2005 , The world guide: a view from the south , volume 2007 (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), page 495:
    • The Gola live on the border with Liberia in the provinces of Kenema and Pujehun. They number about 9000, speak Gola and practice Islam

    goal

    English

    (wikipedia goal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A result that one is attempting to achieve.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-02, volume=409, issue=8860, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A shrinking slice , passage=The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.}}
  • In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
  • The act of placing the object into the goal.
  • A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 15, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest , passage=The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.}}
  • A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

    • Synonyms

    * (a result one is attempting to achieve: ) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration * See also

    Derived terms

    (goal) * goalball * goal difference * goalie * goalkeeper * goalgetter * goalpost * goaltender * goal umpire * golden goal * silver goal * subgoal

    Anagrams

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