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Goose vs Peacock - What's the difference?

goose | peacock |

As nouns the difference between goose and peacock

is that goose is any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck while peacock is a male or female pheasant of the two genera: Pavo or Afropavo, whose males have extravagant tails.

As a verb goose

is to sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

As a proper noun Peacock is

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goose

English

Noun

(geese)
  • Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck
    • There is a flock of geese on the pond.
  • The flesh of the goose used as food.
  • *
  • (slang) A silly person
  • * {{quote-book, 1906, Langdon Mitchell, chapter=The New York Idea, Best Plays of the Early American Theatre, 1787-1911, page=430 citation
    • , passage=I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose .}}
  • (archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
  • * Scene 3:
    • Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose .
  • (South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.

    • Usage notes

    * A male goose is called a gander. A young goose is a gosling. * A group of geese can be called a gaggle when they are on the ground or in the water, and a skein or a wedge when they are in flight.

    Synonyms

    * (sense, tailor's iron) goose iron

    Derived terms

    * game of the goose * goose egg * goose game * goose pimple * gooseneck * goose-step * Mother Goose * what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander * one's goose is cooked

    See also

    * duck * eider * gander * swan * waterfowl

    Verb

    (goos)
  • (slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.
  • To stimulate, to spur.
  • (slang) To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
  • (UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
    • English nouns with irregular plurals

    peacock

    English

    (wikipedia peacock)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A male or female pheasant of the two genera: Pavo'' or ''Afropavo , whose males have extravagant tails.
  • A vainglorious person

    • Synonyms

    * peafowl rare

    Hyponyms

    * peachick * peahen

    Derived terms

    * peacock butterfly * peacock fish * peacocking * peacock pheasant * proud as a peacock

    See also

    * pajock