Bye vs Goodnight - What's the difference?
bye | goodnight |
(sports) The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
(obsolete) A dwelling.
(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.
* Fuller
A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
* (George Eliot)
As nouns the difference between bye and goodnight
is that bye is (sports) the position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team or bye can be while goodnight is a farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.As an interjection bye
is (colloquial) goodbye.As a preposition bye
is .bye
English
Etymology 1
Variant form of (by), from (etyl) (being near) .Noun
(en noun)- Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
- (Gibson)
- The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England.
Derived terms
* (cricket) leg byeEtymology 2
Shortened form of (goodbye).Derived terms
* tatty byeEtymology 3
Alternative forms.Noun
Anagrams
* 200 English basic words ----goodnight
English
Alternative forms
* good nightNoun
- At last the pupils had all taken their hats and said their “Goodnights ,” and Adam, knowing his old master's habits, rose and said, “Shall I put the candles out, Mr. Massey?”