Target vs. Goal

Targetnoun

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

Targetnoun

A goal or objective.

Targetnoun

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

Targetnoun

(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.

Targetnoun

(heraldry) A bearing representing a buckler.

Targetnoun

(sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

Targetnoun

(surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

Targetnoun

(rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

Targetnoun

(cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

Targetnoun

(linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.

Targetnoun

(translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

Targetnoun

A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

Targetnoun

A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

Targetnoun

A tassel or pendant.

Targetnoun

A shred; a tatter.

Targetverb

(transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

Targetverb

To aim for as an audience or demographic.

Targetverb

To produce code suitable for.

Targetnoun

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

Targetnoun

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

Targetnoun

The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

Targetnoun

A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

Targetnoun

A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

Targetnoun

A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.

Targetnoun

A goal for an activity; as, the target of this year's fundraising drive is 2 million dollars.

Targetnoun

A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the target, the impact causes emission of X-rays.

Targetnoun

Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.

Targetnoun

A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.

Targetnoun

a reference point to shoot at;

Targetnoun

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

Targetnoun

the location of the target that is to be hit

Targetnoun

sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

Targetnoun

the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable);

Targetverb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

Targetnoun

a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack

Targetnoun

a mark or point at which one fires or aims, especially a round or rectangular board marked with concentric circles used in archery or shooting.

Targetnoun

an objective or result towards which efforts are directed

Targetnoun

a person or thing against whom criticism or abuse is directed

Targetnoun

an idealization of the articulation of a speech sound, with reference to which actual utterances can be described.

Targetnoun

a small round shield or buckler.

Targetverb

select as an object of attention or attack

Targetverb

aim or direct (something)

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.