Good vs Greet - What's the difference?

As a proper noun good

is .

As a verb greet is

to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token or greet can be (scotland|northern england) to weep; to cry.

As an adjective greet is

(obsolete|outside|scotland) great.

As a noun greet is

mourning, weeping, lamentation.

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 ----

greet

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) . Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen.

Verb

(en verb)

To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

* 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , Act III, scene 1

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,

Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.

To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

* '1707, (Joseph Addison), ''Rosamond , Act I, scene 4

In vain the spring my senses greets .

To accost; to address.

(Alexander Pope)

To meet and give salutations.

* circa 1590 , (William Shakespeare), (Titus Adronicus), Act I, scene 2, line 90

There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.

To be perceived by (somebody).

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

Derived terms

* greeter * meet-and-greet

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Great.

Etymology 3

From a blend of two (etyl) verbs, (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

Verb

(Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.

*1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), page 312:

*:And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].

* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 2:

My maw went potty and started greeting .

Noun

(-)

Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

References

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Anagrams

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