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golden | ginger |

As proper nouns the difference between golden and ginger

is that golden is while ginger is and nickname.

golden

English

Alternative forms

* goulden (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made of, or relating to, gold.
    • She wore a golden crown.
  • Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
    • Under a golden sun.
  • Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
    • The Renaissance was a golden era.
    the Golden Horseshoe
  • Advantageous or very favourable.
    • This is a golden opportunity
  • Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
    • It's not long until our golden wedding.

    Derived terms

    * golden age * golden-ager * golden Alexanders * golden anniversary * golden aster * golden balls * golden boot * golden boy * golden brown * golden calf * golden chain * golden club * golden contact * Golden Delicious * golden eagle * goldeneye * Golden Fleece * Golden Gate Bridge * golden girl * golden glow * golden goose * golden hamster * golden handcuffs * golden handshake * golden hello * Golden Horde * Golden Horn * Golden Horseshoe * golden jubilee * golden lion tamarin * golden mean * golden nematode * golden number * golden oldie * golden opinions * golden opportunity * golden oriole * golden parachute * golden perch * golden pheasant * golden plover * golden rectangle * golden retriever * golden rice * golden robin * goldenrod * golden rule * goldenseal * golden section * golden share * golden shiner * golden shower * golden staph * Golden State * golden syrup * golden ticket * golden triangle * golden wattle * golden wedding, golden wedding anniversary * golden years * silence is golden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become golden (in colour).
  • To make golden or like gold.
  • * 1994 , Marion H. Hedges, Iron City :
    • It goldened', as nothing else ' goldened , the commonplace countryside.

    Anagrams

    * * English adjectives ending in -en ----

    ginger

    English

    (wikipedia ginger)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) gingere, alteration of gingivere, from late (etyl) gingifer, gingiber (influenced by (etyl) gingibre), from ).

    Noun

  • The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale , used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
  • The plant that produces this rhizome.
  • Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber
  • A reddish-brown colour/color.
  • A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.
  • (colloquial, uncountable) vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character)
    • Derived terms
    * ginger ale * ginger beer * ginger group * ginger knob * ginger nut * ginger pop * ginger wine * gingerbread * gingerbread man * gingerette * gingerroot * gingersnap * gingery * Jamaica ginger * stem ginger * wild ginger

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of hair) Of a reddish-brown colour.
  • Flavoured with ginger.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add ginger to.
  • To enliven, to spice (up).
  • * 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 886:
    • The accident was an excuse merely to replace an old-fashioned regular with old-fashioned notions by an active, fire-eating young general who would ginger things up.
  • To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
    • Derived terms
    * ginger up

    Related terms

    * galangal

    See also

    * parkin * redhead * shandy * shandygaff * turmeric *

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move gingerly.
  • * 1972 September 1, Paul Hemphill, “‘I Gotta Let the Kid Go’”, in , ISSN 0024-3019, Volume 73, Number 9, page 42:
    • Spring training began on Christmas Day, when my cousin and I gingered onto the lot behind the fire station to try out our new spikes.
  • * 1979 , Bill Marshall, Bukom , Longman, ISBN 9780582642232, page 83:
    • She gingered her way into the river and timidly splashed into its waters.
  • * 1992 , Donald Anderson, “My Name Is Stephen Mann”, in Aethlon'', reprinted in ''Fire Road , University of Iowa Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-87745-778-7, page 11:
    • I gingered my hands into my grandfather’s [boxing] gloves.
  • * 2009 , Montana Kid Hammer, The Old West Adventures of Ornery and Slim: The Partnership , AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4389-1998-0, page 47:
    • Takin’ good care not to topple into the depths o’ this muddy ol’ ooze, I gingered my way across the muddy path along the river’s edge until I arrived at that big hat.
    Related terms
    * gingerly

    Etymology 3

    Cockney rhyming slang: ginger beer = queer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) a homosexual.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) homosexual.

    • Anagrams

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