Good vs People - What's the difference?
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(lb) Of people.
#Acting in the interest of good; ethical.
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#*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.
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#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.
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, 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.
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#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
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#*: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.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Love no man in good earnest.
(lb) Of properties and qualities.
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##Edible; not stale or rotten.
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##Having a particularly pleasant taste.
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##* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
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##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
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#Healthful.
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#Pleasant; enjoyable.
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#Favourable.
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#Beneficial; worthwhile.
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, title= #Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.
(lb) With "and", extremely.
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(lb) Holy.
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(lb) Of quantities.
#Reasonable in amount.
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#Large in amount or size.
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#*: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,.
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#*: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.
That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
* 1906 , Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
* 2007 April 19, , WHYY, Pennsylvania [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874]
(uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
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, title= (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
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(countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.
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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.
; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
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*ca. 1607: XXII people was in this parrish drownd. (Plaque recording the )
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Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist)
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, title= (plural peoples ) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; community.
A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
*1611, (Old Testament), , 2 (w) 8:15:
*:And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people .[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Kjv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1]
*1952, (Old Testament), (Revised Standard Version) , Thomas Nelson & Sons, (w) 1:3:
*:The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand.
One's colleagues or employees.
*2001 , Vince Flynn, Transfer of Power , p.250:
*:Kennedy looked down at Flood's desk and thought about the possibilities. "Can you locate him?" "I already have my people checking on all [it]."
*2008 , Fern Michaels, Hokus Pokus? , p.184:
*:Can I have one of my people' get back to your ' people , Mr. President?" She tried to slam the phone back into the base and failed.
A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
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The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
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, title= To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
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To become populous or populated.
To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
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As nouns the difference between good and people
is that good is the forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence while people is Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.As verbs the difference between good and people
is that good is to thrive; fatten; prosper; improve while people is to stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.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 proper noun Good
is {{surname}.good
English
(wikipedia good)Etymology 1
From (etyl) good, from (etyl) . Related to gather.Alternative forms
* (poetic contraction)Adjective
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
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- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- dorr?̅', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and ' god Almande mylk.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
Synonyms
* (having positive attributes) not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent * (healthful) well * (competent or talented) accomplishedAntonyms
* (having positive attributes) bad, poor * (ethical) bad, evilDerived 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 thingInterjection
(en interjection)- Good! I can leave now.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , all from the adjective.Adverb
- 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.
- 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 goodEtymology 3
From (etyl) good, god, from (etyl) .Noun
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 .}}
- There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
- The good' of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the ' good of each of the members composing it.
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
Antonyms
* (forces of good) bad, evil * (positive result) badDerived terms
* (item of merchandise) capital goods, consumer goodsEtymology 4
From (etyl) goden, godien, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 5
From English dialectal, from (etyl) , ultimately from the adjective. See above.Derived terms
* (l)people
English
(wikipedia people)Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people . From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,
citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people' do send to other ' people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.
Towards the end of poverty, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about
Usage notes
When used to mean "persons" (meaning 1 below), "people" today takes a plural verb. However, in the past it could take a singular verb (see image).Synonyms
* (leod) * (persons belonging to a group) collective, community, congregation, folk, nation, clan, tribe, race, class, caste, club * (followers) fans, groupies, supporters * (ancestors or relatives) kin, kith, folks * (mass of a community) populace, commoners, citizenryDerived terms
* (the) beautiful people * man of the people * peeps * people person * people's army * people's democracy * people's republic * people's war * peoplehood * peoplelessSee also
* sheepleVerb
(peopl)The State of Innocence and the Fall of Man, Act II, Scene I:
- He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled Heav'n with Angels, Earth with Man.