Goy vs Soy - What's the difference?
goy | soy |
A non-Jew, a Gentile.
* 1988 , :
A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. US preference is the term soy sauce .
* 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook , p381
Soybeans. Often used attributively.
As nouns the difference between goy and soy
is that goy is a non-Jew, a Gentile while soy is a Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. US preference is the term soy sauce.goy
English
(wikipedia goy)Alternative forms
* Goy * goi, GoiNoun
- 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, shkotzimUsage 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-goyishAnagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----soy
English
Alternative forms
* soyaNoun
(-)- I like a little soy with my rice.
- Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy , as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.
- These candles are made from soy .
- The soy crop is looking good this year.