different between google vs facebook

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: go?o'g?l, IPA^(key): /??u???l/
• Homophones: Google, googol, gugel

Etymology 1

From googly.

Verb

google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

1. (intransitive, cricket) To deliver googlies.
2. (intransitive, cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.

Etymology 2

From Google.

Alternative forms

• Google

Noun

google (plural googles)

1. (Internet, informal) An Internet search, such as those performed on the Google search engine.
2. (Internet, informal) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.

Derived terms

Related terms

• googol

Translations

Verb

google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

1. (transitive) To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
2. (transitive, by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.

3. (intransitive, Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

Numeral

google

1. Misspelling of googol.

Danish

Etymology

From Google, from English google (the verb).

Verb

google

1. to google; to search on an Internet search engine, especially Google

Conjugation

References

• “google” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Verb

google

1. first-person singular present indicative of googlen
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of googlen
3. imperative of googlen

French

Verb

google

1. inflection of googler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

Verb

google

1. inflection of googeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

google (present tense googlar, past tense googla, past participle googla, passive infinitive googlast, present participle googlande, imperative googl)

1. Alternative form of googla

Portuguese

Verb

google

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of googlar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of googlar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of googlar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of googlar

English

Etymology

From face +? book.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?f?s'bo?ok, IPA^(key): /?fe?s?b?k/

Noun

facebook (plural facebooks)

1. A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals’ photographs and names.
2. A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.

   The shipment of facebooks will be distributed to the freshmen during orientation and move-in-week.

Synonyms

• (a book containing pictures of faces): mug book

Derived terms

• Facebook

Translations

See also

• yearbook (traditionally published at the end of the academic year)

Verb

facebook (third-person singular simple present facebooks, present participle facebooking, simple past and past participle facebooked)

1. Alternative form of Facebook

Related terms

• facebooker