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Waving vs Goodbye - What's the difference?

waving | goodbye |

As nouns the difference between waving and goodbye

is that waving is repeated moving of arms or hands to signal while goodbye is an utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

As a verb waving

is .

As an interjection goodbye is

; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

waving

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal.

    • goodbye

    English

    Alternative forms

    * good-by * good-bye * good bye

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • ; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

    • Synonyms

    * (informal) catch you later, bye, bye-bye, ciao, see you, so long, ta ta, toodeloo, TTFN, ttyl * (formal) adieu, adios, farewell, sayonara * (slang) hasta la vista, , later, laters, keep it real, peace out. take it easy, toodles, peace, cya * cheerio, cheery-bye, toodle pip (dated) * good morn, good morning (during the morning ) * good afternoon, good midday (during midday ) * good day (during day ) * good eve, good evening (during the evening ) * good night (during night ) * See also

    Derived terms

    * kiss goodbye * say goodbye

    Related terms

    * good riddance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
    • John gave Rebecca a goodbye to wish her luck on her holiday.