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Goofs vs Goops - What's the difference?

goofs | goops |

As a verb goofs

is (goof).

As a noun goops is

.

goofs

English

Verb

(head)
  • (goof)

    • goof

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A mistake or error,
    • I made a goof in that last calculation.
  • # (US, cinematography) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
  • (US) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
    • Your little brother is a total goof .
  • A child molester.

    • Synonyms

    * (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To make a mistake.
    • It's my fault: I goofed.
  • (US) To engage in mischief.
    • We were just goofing by painting the neighbors cat green.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from goof) * goof around * goof off * goof-off * goof up * goofball * goofy

    goops

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 1, author=Jake Mooney, title=For Aficionados of Shaving, la Crème de la Crème, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=These are fellows who shun the three-, four- and five-blade contraptions and canned goops for an older mode of shaving that they insist remains the ideal: a straight razor or a safety razor with a double-edged blade, and a fine English cream lathered and applied with a badger-hair brush. }}
  • * 2007 , Henry Jenkins, The wow climax: tracing the emotional impact of popular culture (page 170)
    • Their most successful program, Double Dare , invites kids to swim through vats of assorted goops and to fling goo at each other...