Good vs Goom - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between good and goom

is that good is real; actual; serious while goom is lord; Lord; God.

As nouns the difference between good and goom

is that good is the forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence while goom is a man.

As an adjective good

is Of people.
As an interjection good
is that is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
As an adverb good
is well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
As a verb good
is to thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
As a proper noun Good
is {{surname}.

good
English
(wikipedia good)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) good, from (etyl) . Related to gather.
Alternative forms
* (poetic contraction)
Adjective

(lb) Of people.

#Acting in the interest of good; ethical.

#:

#*1891 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.6

#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.

#Competent or talented.

#:

#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.

#*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.

#:

(lb)

#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.

#:

#*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
, title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
#Effective.

#:

#*

#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

#(lb) Real; actual; serious.

#:

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Love no man in good earnest.

(lb) Of properties and qualities.

#(lb)

##Edible; not stale or rotten.

##:

##Having a particularly pleasant taste.

##:

##* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: 374760, page 11:

#
Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke

##* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:

#
dorr?̅', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and ' god Almande mylk.

##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.

##:

#Healthful.

#:

#Pleasant; enjoyable.

#:

#Favourable.

#:

#Beneficial; worthwhile.

#:

#*, chapter=22
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
#Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.

(lb) With "and", extremely.

:

(lb) Holy.

:

(lb) Of quantities.

#Reasonable in amount.

#:

#Large in amount or size.

#:

#*

#*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.

#Entire.

#:

#*

#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

Synonyms
* (having positive attributes) not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent * (healthful) well * (competent or talented) accomplished
Antonyms
* (having positive attributes) bad, poor * (ethical) bad, evil
Derived terms
* come from a good place * do well by doing good * fight the good fight * for good * good afternoon * good and * * good books * goodbye * good day * good drunk * gooden * good-for-nothing * good graces * good grief * goodish * good job * good morning * goodly * goodness * good night * good to go * good works * the good die young * too much of a good thing
Interjection
(en interjection)
That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

Good! I can leave now.

Etymology 2
From (etyl) , all from the adjective.

Adverb

(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.

* 1906 , Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley

If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good . You're big enough to do it.

* 2007 April 19, , WHYY, Pennsylvania [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874]

The one thing that we can't do...''is throw out the baby with the bathwater.''...'' We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this''... high-quality website.

Derived terms

* but good

Etymology 3

From (etyl) good, god, from (etyl) .

Noun

(uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

* , chapter=13

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good .}}

(countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.

(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.

* Bible, Psalms iv. 6

There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?

* Jay

The good' of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the ' good of each of the members composing it.

(countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.

* (William Shakespeare)

Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.

Antonyms

* (forces of good) bad, evil * (positive result) bad

Derived terms

* (item of merchandise) capital goods, consumer goods

Etymology 4

From (etyl) goden, godien, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.

To make good; turn to good; improve.

To make improvements or repairs.

To benefit; gain.

To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.

To satisfy; indulge; gratify.

To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.

Derived terms

* (l)

Etymology 5

From English dialectal, from (etyl) , ultimately from the adjective. See above.

Verb

(en verb)

To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

(Bishop Hall)

Derived terms

* (l)

Statistics

* 100 English basic words English suppletive adjectives 1000 English basic words ----

goom

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) goom, gome, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* gome, gom

Noun

(en noun)

(rfv-sense) (now, chiefly, dialectal) A man.

*1515 , the Scottish Field:

The king was glade of that golde, that the gome brought, And promised him full pertly, his part for to take, [...]

* {{quote-magazine

, date= , year=1860 , month=May , first= , last= , author=various , coauthors= , title=Reviews and Literary Notices , volume=5 , issue=31 , page= , magazine=Atlantic Monthly , publisher=Project Gutenberg , issn= citation , passage=… at it would be quite as inconvenient to explain that the termination _goom _ was a derivation from the Anglo-Saxon _guma_ as that it was a corruption of it; … }}

* {{quote-book

, year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Barry J. Blake , title=All About Language: A Guide , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Oxford University Press , isbn=9780191622830 , page= , passage=Similarly bridegroom'' was originally ''bridegoom'', where ''goom'' meant 'man'.'' … It was changed to ''groom'', though a ''bridegroom does not normally groom the bride. }}

* {{quote-web

, date=2011-05-08 , year= , first= , last= , author=Jan Freeman , authorlink= , title=Here comes the goom , site=Boston Globle citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage=Groom'' for ''bridegroom'' has been called inelegant, but it’s surely an improvement on ''goom . }}

(rfv-sense) (obsolete) lord; Lord; God.

Derived terms

* (l)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) gome, gome, from (etyl) gaumr, . More at (l).

Noun

(-)

(rfv-sense) Heed; attention; notice; care.

Etymology 3

A dialectal variant of (m).

Noun

(en noun)

* 1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary'':

November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst.

* 1833 , Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth , volume 2, page 5:

"I'm cutting the goom ," replied the student.

"You've got the wrong tooth," roared the man.

* 1898 , The Outlook , page 69:

Oh, just put a little hunk on the ‘ goom ’ over the tooth. I s'pose it kind o' stim-a-lates it."

* 1907 , William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases :

Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.

* 1949 , Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic , the journal of the Ticonium Company:

"And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom ’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?"

* 1973 , Northwest dentistry , volume 52, page 94:

Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.

(rfv-sense) Blunted teeth on a saw.

* {{quote-book
, year=1823 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Edward Moor , title=Suffolk Words and Phrases , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=J. Loder for R. Hunter , isbn= , page=522 , passage=The portion so blunted is called the goom'''''. When the teeth are so worn down by use , as to be almost as low as those broken off, the saw requires '''''gooming . }}
* 1984 , The Huntington Library quarterly , volume 47, page 144:

Goom. In a blacksmith's bill just brought to me is this item. "A saw goom'd—6d." On enquiry he said that "the goom'' had ''riz'', and ta wanted ''goomin ."

Etymology 4

Noun

(-)
Alcohol methylated spirits.

* 1988 , Ruby Langford, ?Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town , page 106:

I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom ?'
* 1993 , Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic'', in ''The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook (ISBN 0868402370), page 107

THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him.

BOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it.

* 2000 , Herb Wharton, Unbranded (ISBN 0702244678)

"No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom ."

* 2007 , James Maxey, Bitterwood (ISBN 184416487X), page 181:

He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom', a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. The ' goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.

* 2009 , Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee (ISBN 1416594590), page 200:

Zillman: "And he also had some goom , didn't he?"

Kidner: "Yeah, methylated spirits."

References

* ----

Good vs Goom - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between good and goom

As nouns the difference between good and goom

As an adjective good

As an interjection good

As an adverb good

As a verb good

As a proper noun Good

good

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Adjective

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Interjection

Etymology 2

Adverb

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Antonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Verb

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Verb

Derived terms

Statistics

goom

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

References