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Goodish vs Woodish - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between goodish and woodish

is that goodish is rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable while woodish is being like wood, pertaining to wood; woody.

goodish

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
  • Considerable; goodly.
  • * 1883 ,
    • The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.

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    woodish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Being like wood, pertaining to wood; woody.
  • (obsolete) Characteristic of woods or woodland.
  • *1630 , John Smith, True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p. 36:
  • *:The countrey wondering at such an Hermite; His friends perswaded one Seignior Theadora Polaloga, Rider to Henry Earle of Lincolne, an excellent Horse-man, and a noble Italian Gentleman, to insinuate into his wooddish acquaintances [...].