Gole vs. Goal — What's the Difference?

(British India) The main body of an army in array; a clustered body of troops; an irregular squadron of horsemen.

A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieve. People endeavour to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.

The object toward which an endeavor is directed; an end.

A structure or area into which players endeavor to propel a ball or puck in order to score points.

A play or shot that sends a ball or puck into or through the goal.

The score awarded for such an act.

The finish line of a race.

A noun or noun phrase referring to the place to which something moves.

See patient.

A result that one is attempting to achieve.

(sport) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

(sport) The act of placing the object into the goal.

A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

To score a goal.

The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.

The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.

A base, station, or bound used in various games as the point or object which a team must reach in order to score points; in certain games, the point which the ball or puck must pass in order for points to be scored. In football, it is a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score points; in soccer or ice hockey, it is a net at each end of the soccer field into which the soccer ball or hocjey puck must be propelled; in basketball, it is the basket{7} suspended from the backboard, through which the basketball must pass.

The act or instance of propelling the ball or puck into or through the goal{3}, thus scoring points; as, to score a goal.

The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;

A successful attempt at scoring;

Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points

The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);