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Goodness vs Goody - What's the difference?

goodness | goody |

As nouns the difference between goodness and goody

is that goodness is (uncountable) the state or characteristic of being good while goody is a small amount of something good to eat.

As an interjection goody is

used to indicate pleasure or delight.

goodness

English

(wikipedia goodness)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
  • (countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
  • (uncountable, euphemistic) God.
    • Thank goodness that the war is over!
  • (Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
  • * 1611 , :
    • The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness , faith.

    Synonyms

    * virtue

    Derived terms

    * my goodness!

    External links

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    goody

    English

    Interjection

    (wikipedia goody) goody !
  • Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

    • Noun

    (goodies)
  • A small amount of something good to eat.
  • Any small, usually free, item.
  • (Ireland) pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
  • (obsolete) shortening of goodwife, a 17th century puritan honorific.
  • protagonist or hero
  • An American fish, the lafayette or spot.