different between goad vs gonad

English

Etymology

From Middle English gode, from Old English g?d (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaid? (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *??ey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit ??????? (hinvati), ?????? (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), ???? (heti, “missile, projectile”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
2. (figuratively) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.

Translations

Verb

goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)

1. To prod with a goad.
2. To encourage or stimulate.
3. To incite or provoke.

Translations

See also

• goat

Anagrams

• Goda, dago, doga

Scots

Etymology

From Old English god, of Germanic origin.

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. God

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (gon?, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from ????????? (gígnesthai, “be born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.næd/

Noun

gonad (plural gonads)

1. (anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
2. (slang, chiefly in the plural) The testicles.

Synonyms

• (sex gland): sex gland

Derived terms

• gonadal
• gonadectomy
• gonadic
• gonadoblastoma
• nad

Translations

Further reading

• Sex organ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gonad at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, donga, goand