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Going vs Lunchbox - What's the difference?

going | lunchbox |

As nouns the difference between going and lunchbox

is that going is a departure while lunchbox is a container for transporting meals, especially lunch.

As a verb going

is .

As an adjective going

is likely to continue; viable.

going

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), present participle of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A departure.
  • * Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
    • The going was very difficult over the ice.
  • progress
    • We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
  • (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
    • Not only weren't the streets paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
  • (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
  • * (Crew)
  • (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
  • * Bible, Job 34.21:
    • His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Likely to continue; viable.
    • He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
  • That attends habitually or regularly.
  • Current, prevailing.
    • The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
  • (after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
    • He has the easiest job going .

    See also

    * going to

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    lunchbox

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lunch box

    Noun

    (es)
  • A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
  • (slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
  • (British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.
  • (Asia) A to-go lunch packaged in a disposable box.
  • (computing, slang) A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
  • * 1988 , PC Mag (volume 7, number 17, 11 October 1988, page 93)
    • You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes , and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.
  • * 2004 , Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops (page 20)
    • The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.

    Synonyms

    * (container for transporting meals) lunch pail (US ), bento box * (sense, person or thing at one's side) sidekick * (male genitals enclosed in clothing) basket (US ), packet, package