Human vs Goblin - What's the difference?
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(notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 * 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.,
A human being, whether man, woman or child.
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, title= (lb) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
* 2013 , Biosocial Becomings (ISBN 110702563X), page 19:
* 1911 , The collected works of Ambrose Bierce , volume 9, page 362:
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(fantasy literature) A mythical malevolent phantom or grotesque diminutive humanoid; a kobold.
* 1872', , ''The Princess and the '''Goblin ,
* 2006 , Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones ,
* 2010 , Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves , Part 1,
* 2010', D. S. Macleod, ''The Middle Times: Rise of the '''Goblin King ,
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
, title=
As an adjective human
is (label) classical (of or pertaining to the classical - latin, greek - languages, literature, history and philosophy).As an initialism goblin is
(british|rail transport|informal) line, a railway line in north london.human
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’]'', ''Business World'', ''[[w:The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal],
- Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* human behaviour * human being * human botfly * human capital * human chattel * human chorionic gonadotropin * human-computer interaction * human condition * human death * human development * Human Genome Project * human immunodeficiency virus * human insulin * human interest * humanism * humanist * humanization * humanize * humanizer * human knot * human kind, humankind * humanly * human movement * human nature * humanoid * human papillomavirus * human pyramid * human race * human relations * human resources (HR) * human rights * human trafficking * inhuman * inhumane * nonhuman, non-human * to err is human (human)Noun
(en noun)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans , including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
Verb
(en verb)- There are, then, many ways of humaning : these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.
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* (l)References
goblin
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(wikipedia goblin)Noun
(en noun)page 50,
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page 187,
- At last the goblins' had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two ' goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.
page 37,
- The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield.
- The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.
page 229,
- I shall send another entourage of goblins' back here to Desput with the '''goblins'''’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other ' goblin .
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins . For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}
