Goods vs Military - What's the difference?
goods | military |
(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
Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
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Relating to war.
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Relating to armies or ground forces.
Armed forces.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
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, title= (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.
As nouns the difference between goods and military
is that goods is (business|economics|plurale tantum) that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed while military is armed forces.As an adjective military is
characteristic of members of the armed forces.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
*military
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Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en-noun)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}