Goblin vs. Troll

Difference Between Goblin and Troll

Goblinnoun

One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially (fantasy literature) a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid.

Trollnoun

(fantasy) A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.

Goblinnoun

(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

Trollnoun

(slang) An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences.

Trollnoun

Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops.

Trollnoun

An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line.

Trollnoun

A person who provokes others (chiefly on the Internet) for their own personal amusement or to cause disruption.

Trollnoun

The act of moving round; routine; repetition.

Trollnoun

A song whose parts are sung in succession; a catch; a round.

Trollnoun

(obsolete) A trolley.

Trollverb

(intransitive) To saunter.

Trollverb

(intransitive) To trundle, to roll from side to side.

Trollverb

To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait.

Trollverb

To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait.

Trollverb

(transitive) To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.

Trollverb

(transitive) To fish in; to try to catch fish from.

Trollverb

To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner, to cruise

He spends most of his waking hours trolling on WIRE.

Trollverb

(to post inflammatory material so as) to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment and/or gratuitous disruption, especially in an online community or discussion

Trollverb

By extension, to incite anger (including outside of an Internet context); to provoke, harass or annoy.

Trollverb

To move circularly; to roll; to turn.

Trollverb

To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.

Trollverb

To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly, freely or in a carefree way.

Trollnoun

(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains

Trollnoun

a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time;

they enjoyed singing rounds