Gloat vs. Goat — What's the Difference?

To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction

The domestic goat or simply goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of C. aegagrus domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the subfamily Caprinae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep.

The act of gloating.

A hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard. It is kept for its milk and meat, and noted for its lively behaviour.

A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction.

A lecherous man.

To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

A stupid person; a fool

To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

A scapegoat.

An act or instance of gloating.

A domesticated ruminant mammal (Capra hircus) having backward curving horns and a beard especially in the male, raised for its wool, milk, and meat.

To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

Any of various wild ruminant mammals of the genus Capra and related genera, including the ibexes and the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Eurasia.

To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or discomfort; - usually in a bad sense.

A lecherous man.

Malicious satisfaction

A person who is blamed for a failure or misfortune, especially a scapegoat.

Dwell on with satisfaction

See Capricorn.

Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy

See Capricornus.

A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.

(uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.

(slang) A lecherous man.

(informal) A scapegoat.

(slang) A Pontiac GTO car.

(speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.

A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.

(roller derby) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

(acronym) Greatest of All Time

(transitive) To allow goats to feed on.

(transitive) To scapegoat.

To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

A victim of ridicule or pranks

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn

The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19