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Balls vs Goodbye - What's the difference?

balls | goodbye |

As nouns the difference between balls and goodbye

is that balls is while goodbye is an utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

As an interjection goodbye is

; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

balls

English

Noun

(head)
  • Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?
  • (slang) The testicles.
  • Dude, he got hit in the balls !
  • (uncountable, countable, slang) Bravery, courage, chutzpah, or brazenness.
  • He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.
    He's the guy with the big balls in that group.
    You do not have the balls to go through with that.
    (Stephen Colbert)
  • (British, slang) Rubbish, nonsense.
  • That's a load of balls .
  • (UK, Ireland, slang) A balls-up; a botched job.
  • Don't make a balls of it!

    Derived terms

    * ballsy * bust one's balls * bust someone's balls * have someone by the balls

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ball)
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang) Very.
  • It is balls cold out there.

    goodbye

    English

    Alternative forms

    * good-by * good-bye * good bye

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • ; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
  • Synonyms

    * (informal) catch you later, bye, bye-bye, ciao, see you, so long, ta ta, toodeloo, TTFN, ttyl * (formal) adieu, adios, farewell, sayonara * (slang) hasta la vista, , later, laters, keep it real, peace out. take it easy, toodles, peace, cya * cheerio, cheery-bye, toodle pip (dated) * good morn, good morning (during the morning ) * good afternoon, good midday (during midday ) * good day (during day ) * good eve, good evening (during the evening ) * good night (during night ) * See also

    Derived terms

    * kiss goodbye * say goodbye

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
  • John gave Rebecca a goodbye to wish her luck on her holiday.