Goods vs Goodness - What's the difference?
goods | goodness |
(business, economics, plurale tantum) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
(informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
(transport) freight (not passengers)
English plurals
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
(countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
(uncountable, euphemistic) God.
(Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
* 1611 , :
As nouns the difference between goods and goodness
is that goods is that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed while goodness is the state or characteristic of being good.goods
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Noun
(head)Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to produced, traded, or consumed "goods": returned, used, damaged, stolen, lost, dangerous, non-traded, intermediate, promotional, industrial, agricultural, imported, cheap, expensive, luxury, inferior, counterfeit, raw, processed, scarce, durable, perishable, baked, public, collective, digital, virtual, necessary, essential.Synonyms
* (that which is consumed) wares * evidence, factsAntonyms
* (that which is consumed) capital, servicesDerived terms
* baked goods * bill of goods * brown goods * capital goods * come up with the goods * consumer goods * cost of goods sold * damaged goods * dangerous goods * deliver the goods * digital goods * dry goods * fancy goods * finished goods * get the goods on, have the goods on * goods and sales tax * goods train, goods van, goods wagon * grave goods * greige goods * heavy goods vehicle * leathergoods * nongoods * red goods * sell someone a bill of goods * smallgoods * softgoods * white goodsExternal links
* (wikipedia "goods")Anagrams
*goodness
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(wikipedia goodness)Noun
- Thank goodness that the war is over!
- The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness , faith.