Gold vs Gym - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
(countable) A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
(countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
(countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
(countable) A gold medal.
(figuratively) Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.
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Made of gold.
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Having the colour of gold.
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(programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
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Short form of gymnasium.
(weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.
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physical education class
To go to the gym.
As nouns the difference between gold and gym
is that gold is forest while gym is short form of gymnasium.As a verb gym is
to go to the gym.gold
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Alternative forms
* gould (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at yellow.Noun
- France has won three golds and five silvers.
- Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy gold and that's what gets bums on seats.
- Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure gold , and she wasn't worth a light beside him.
Synonyms
* when used as a food colouringDerived terms
* all that glisters is not gold, all that glitters is not gold * argental gold * * cloth of gold * colloidal gold * colored gold, coloured gold * dead gold * dentist gold * ducat gold * eka-gold * Etruscan gold * fairy gold * filled gold * fool's gold * go for the gold * go gold * gold album * gold-amalgam * gold-balls * gold-bank * gold basket * gold-beater, goldbeater * gold-beating * gold bee * gold beetle * gold beryl * gold blocking * gold-bob * gold bond * gold-book * gold braid * gold-breasted trumpeter * gold brick, gold-brick, goldbrick * gold-bricker * gold-bricking * gold bug * gold bullion * gold bullion standard * gold-capped weaver bird * gold-carp * gold certificate * gold-chain * gold chalcogenide * gold chloride * gold clause * gold cloth * gold-color, gold-colour * gold-copper ore * goldcrest * gold-crested wren * gold-cups * gold currency * gold-dig * gold-digger * gold-digging * gold disc, gold disk * gold-dredge, gold-dredger * gold-dredging * gold-driver * gold-drop * gold-dropper * gold dust * gold-dusty * golden * gold exchange * gold farmer * gold farming * gold-fever * gold-field, goldfield * goldfielder * gold-filled * gold-film, gold-film glass * goldfinch * gold-finder * goldfinny * goldfish * Gold Fixing * gold flat * gold-flower * gold-flux * gold foil, gold-foil * gold-fringe * gold halide * gold-hammer * gold-head * gold-heart * gold-hunger * gold hydrazide * goldilocks, * goldish * goldite * gold-knap, gold-knop, gold-knops * gold-laced * gold leaf, gold-leaf * goldless * gold-like * gold-lily * gold-lip * gold medal * gold medalist/gold medallist * gold-mill * gold mine, gold-mine * gold-mining * gold-mohr, gold-mohur * * gold-mouthed * gold-note * gold of Bruges * gold of Genoa * gold of pleasure * gold of Venice * gold-pan * gold pentafluoride * gold plate, gold-plate * gold-plated * gold-plating * gold point * gold-powder * gold-purple * gold-quartz * gold-rain * gold record * gold reserve * gold robin * gold rush, gold-rush * gold salt * gold-sand * gold-shell * gold-shrub * goldsinny * gold-size * gold-skin * goldsmith * goldsmithery * gold-solder * gold sovereign * gold-spangle * goldspink * gold-spot * gold standard * gold stick, gold-stick * gold-stone, goldstone * gold swift * gold-tail, gold-tail moth * gold telluride * gold therapy * gold-thirst * gold-thread, goldthread * gold-tipped * gold tooth * gold top * gold trichloride * gold value * gold-washed * gold-washer * gold window * gold-work, gold-works * goldy * * green gold * heart of gold * jeweler's gold, jeweller's gold * (Kolar Gold Fields) * leprous gold * make a gold * Mannheim gold * mock gold * mosaic gold * old gold * potable gold * red gold * rhodium-gold * rolled gold * rose gold * shell gold * spangle gold * strike gold * telluric gold * telluride of gold and silver * white goldAdjective
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Synonyms
* (having the colour of gold) goldenVerb
(en verb)See also
* arsenic * auramine * aurata * aurate * aurated * aureate * aureation * aureity * aurelia * aurelian * aureola * aureole * aureoled * aureolin * aureoline * aureomycin * aureus * aurian * auric * auricomous * auride * auriferous * aurifex * aurific * aurification * aurify * aurigraphy * aurin * auriphrygiate * aurivorous * auro- * aurous * aurulent * aurum * chryselephantine * chryso- * kincob * Midas * or * ormolu * oroide * orphrey * orpiment * philosopher’s stone * zari * (trans-bottom)Etymology 2
From (gold master), a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.Adjective
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* 1000 English basic words ----gym
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Noun
(en noun)- Working out in commercial gyms , if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.
Synonyms
* (sports facility for exercise) fitness center, health club, sports clubDerived terms
* gym knickers * gym muscles * gym rat * gym shoe * gymslipVerb
(gym)- On Wednesdays I hike; on Fridays I gym .