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Gouged vs Gored - What's the difference?

gouged | gored |

As verbs the difference between gouged and gored

is that gouged is (gouge) while gored is (gore).

As an adjective gored is

(textiles) having a gore or gores.

gouged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gouge)

  • gouge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cut or groove, as left by something sharp.
  • The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.
  • A chisel, with a curved blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.
  • * 1823 , ,
  • The "steeple" was a little cupola, reared on the very centre of the roof, on four tall pillars of pine that were fluted with a gouge , and loaded with mouldings.
  • A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
  • An incising tool that cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc.
  • (Knight)
  • (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein.
  • (Raymond)
  • (slang) Imposition; cheat; fraud.
  • (slang) An impostor; a cheat.
  • Verb

    (goug)
  • To make a mark or hole by scooping.
  • Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
  • * 1930 , ,
  • He tried to clinch and gouge , but another right hook to the jaw sent him down and out.
  • To charge an unreasonably or unfairly high price.
  • They have no competition, so they tend to gouge their customers.

    Synonyms

    * (make a mark or hole by scooping) engrave * (charge an unreasonable price) swindle

    Derived terms

    * gouge out * price gouging * regouge

    References

    * English transitive verbs ----

    gored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gore)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (textiles) Having a gore or gores.
  • a four-gored skirt