Difference between Goblin and Gremlin

What is the difference between Goblin and Gremlin?

Goblin as a noun is a mythical, humanoid creature, often found in contemporary fantasy. while Gremlin as a noun is a mythical creature reputed to be mechanically inclined and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.

Goblin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mythical, humanoid creature, often found in contemporary fantasy. A nature spirit in Heathenry.

Gremlin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mythical creature reputed to be mechanically inclined and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.By extension, any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.

Example sentence: I remember the first horror movie I saw - I was five years old; it was a direct-to-video movie called 'Truth or Dare: a Critical Madness,' which is sort of badly fantastic or fantastically bad. And then 'Gremlins' was an early movie that I saw, and 'Nightmare on Elm Street 3.'

We hope you now know whether to use Goblin or Gremlin in your sentence.

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