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Gost vs Goss - What's the difference?

gost | goss |

As nouns the difference between gost and goss

is that gost is obsolete form of lang=en|ghost while goss is gossip.

gost

English

Alternative forms

* ghost

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1600 , year_published=2004 , edition=reprint , author=Richard Hakluyt , title=Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Kessinger Publishing , isbn=9781419178733 , page=68 , passage= ... may non evylle gost entre ne come unto the place that it is inne.}}

    Related terms

    * geist

    References

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    goss

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) gossip.
    • The hottest goss in celeb-land today is that Angelina Jolie is jealous of her fella's relationship with his ex-wife.

    Etymology 2

    See (gorse).

    Noun

    (-)
  • * 1611 , , IV. i. 180:
    • through / Toothed briars, sharp furzes, pricking goss , and thorns,
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