Good vs Room - What's the difference?

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As a proper noun good

is .

As a noun room is

joy, happiness.

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

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room

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) roum, rom, rum, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) rome, from (etyl) .

Adverb

(en adverb)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

(nautical) Off from the wind.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) roum, from (etyl) through Indo-European. More at (l). Apparently an exception to the , which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation , but /a?/ does not occur before noncoronal consonants in Modern English.

Noun

(en noun)

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) I:

Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two, that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion, and apostleshippe from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he myght goo to his awne place.

* 1748 , (Samuel Richardson), (Clarissa) :

Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.

(label) Space for'' something, or ''to carry out an activity.

* 2010 , Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian , 27 Aug 2010:

He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.

(label) A particular portion of space.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Overbury) (c.1581-1613)

If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) xiv. 8

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room .

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.

* 2010 , Roger Bootle, The Telegraph , 12 Sep 2010:

There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.

(label) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.

(label) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.

* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice) :

Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room .

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room', at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a '''room''' like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a ' room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}

(label) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.

* , chapter=6

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room . I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}

(label) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

(label) An area for working in a coal mine. (jump)

(label) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. (jump)

Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) ii. 22

When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.

* (rfdate) (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)

Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Let Bianca take her sister's room .

Quotations

* (English Citations of "room")

Synonyms

* (jump) elbow room, legroom, space * (jump) chamber, quarters * (jump) chamber * See also

Derived terms

* art room * AV room * backroom * ballroom * bathroom * bedroom * billiards room * blue room * boardroom * boiler room * box-room * break room * changing room * chat room * classroom * clean my room * cold room * common room * computer room * control room * copy room * courtroom * cutting room * darkroom * delivery room * dining room * discussion room * display room * dormroom * dressing room * elbow room * elephant in the room * embalming room * emergency room * engine room * examination room * fitting room * Florida room * front room * game room * get a room * giftwrapping room * green room * guest room * headroom * inner room * in the room * lamp room * laundry room * legroom * living room * locker room * lunchroom * map room * meditation room * meeting room * mud room * music room * need a room * newsroom * no room at the inn * operating room * padded room * panic room * plant room * play room * pool room * powder room * prep room * press room * private room * pump room * reading room * ready room * recording room * reptile room * romper room * room and board * room at the top * room for abuse * room for apology * room for dessert * room for error * room for improvement * room service * room to breathe * room to grow * room to roam * room with a view * roommate * roomie * roomy * rubber room * rumpus room * save room * school room * science room * screening room * sewing room * showroom * sitting room * sound room * spare room * standing room only * steam room * storeroom * strong room * study room * sunroom * the other room * the upper room * upstairs room * viewing room * waiting room * war room * washroom * weightroom * wiggle room * work the room * workroom

Verb

To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.

Derived terms

* roomer * room together * roomy

Statistics

External links

* (wikipedia "room")

Anagrams

* * 1000 English basic words ----