Goal vs. Wish
Goalnoun
A result that one is attempting to achieve.
Goalnoun
In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
Goalnoun
The act of placing the object into the goal.
Goalnoun
A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
Goalnoun
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.
Goalverb
To score a goal
Goalnoun
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.
Goalnoun
The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
Goalnoun
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.
Goalnoun
The act or instance of propelling the ball or puck into or through the goal{3}, thus scoring points; as, to score a goal.
Goalnoun
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;
Goalnoun
a successful attempt at scoring;
Goalnoun
game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
Goalnoun
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);
Goal
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.
Wishnoun
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
Wishnoun
An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
Wishnoun
The thing desired or longed for.
Wishnoun
(Sussex) A water meadow.
Wishverb
(transitive) To desire; to want.
Wishverb
To hope (for a particular outcome).
Wishverb
(ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
Wishverb
To request or desire to do an activity.
Wishverb
(transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
Wishverb
To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
Wishverb
To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
Wishverb
To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
Wishverb
To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
Wishnoun
Desire; eager desire; longing.
Wishnoun
Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
Wishnoun
A thing desired; an object of desire.
Wishnoun
a specific feeling of desire;
Wishnoun
an expression of some desire or inclination;
Wishnoun
(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare;
Wishnoun
the particular preference that you have;
Wishverb
hope for; have a wish;
Wishverb
prefer or wish to do something;
Wishverb
have in mind;
Wishverb
make or express a wish;
Wishverb
feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of
Wishverb
order politely; express a wish for
Wishverb
invoke upon;
Wishverb
feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen
Wishverb
express a hope that (someone) enjoys (happiness or success)
Wishverb
want to do something
Wishverb
want (something) to be done or happen
Wishverb
want (someone) to do or have something
Wishverb
hope that (someone) has to deal with someone or something undesirable
Wishnoun
a desire or hope for something to happen
Wishnoun
an expression of a desire, typically in the form of a request or instruction
Wishnoun
an invocation or recitation of a hope or desire
Wishnoun
an expression of a hope for someone's success, happiness, or welfare
Wishnoun
a thing that is or has been wished for
Wish
A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices.
