Goods vs Things - What's the difference?
goods | things |
(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
One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
As nouns the difference between goods and things
is that goods is that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed while things is plural of lang=en.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
*things
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(wikipedia things)Noun
(head)- Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things.'' —Louise Fitzhugh, ''Harriet the Spy (1964)