advantage vs goal

advantage

noun
  • The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game. 

  • Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit 

  • The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position. 

  • Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. 

  • Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). 

verb
  • to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of 

  • to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to 

goal

noun
  • 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. 

  • The act of placing the object into the goal. 

  • A result that one is attempting to achieve. 

  • In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. 

verb
  • To score a goal. 

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