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Golden vs Socket - What's the difference?

golden | socket |

As a proper noun golden

is .

As a noun socket is

(mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ).

As a verb socket is

to place or fit in a socket.

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 ----

    socket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket ).
  • (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
  • (computing) A two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

    • Derived terms

    * ball-and-socket joint * dry socket * eye socket * light bulb socket * mains socket * network socket * power socket * socket wrench * tooth socket * wall socket

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place or fit in a socket.