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Goy vs Noy - What's the difference?

goy | noy |

As nouns the difference between goy and noy

is that goy is (goy) while noy is (obsolete) that which annoys.

As a verb noy is

(obsolete|uk|dialect) to annoy; to vex.

goy

English

(wikipedia goy)

Alternative forms

* Goy * goi, Goi

Noun

  • A non-Jew, a Gentile.
  • * 1988 , :
    • I don’t think that marriage is working, but I’m not going to be stupid about it and say she shouldn’t have married a goy .

    Synonyms

    * gentile * minuth, minim * oved elilim * nokhri, nokhrim * amme haaretz * ger toshav * apikorosim * akum * shegetz, shkotzim

    Usage notes

    * This noun is sometimes taken to be offensive; speakers wishing to avoid offense may prefer the term (gentile) (sometimes capitalized as (Gentile)) or simply (term).

    Derived terms

    * antigoyism * anti-goyish

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    noy

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To annoy; to vex.
    • (Piers Plowman)
  • * Spenser
    • All that noyed his heavy spright.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) That which annoys.
    • (Piers Plowman)
    (Webster 1913)