Goods vs Widget - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between goods and widget

is that goods is (business|economics|plurale tantum) that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed while widget is a (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product or widget can be (computing|graphical user interface) any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

goods

English

Noun

(head)

(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

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, facts

Antonyms

* (that which is consumed) capital, services

Derived 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 goods

External links

* (wikipedia "goods")

Anagrams

widget

English

(widget)

Etymology 1

Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

Noun

(en noun)

A (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

:Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...

Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.

A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.

A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces

Synonyms

* (unspecified manufactured good) thingy, gizmo, sprocket * (scraping tool) scraper

Etymology 2

Borrowed as a shortened form of “window gadget” (GUI widget)

Noun

(en noun)

(computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

Synonyms

* (GUI) control