The difference between Goldbrick and Soldier

When used as nouns, goldbrick means a gold brick, especially one that is fraudulent or nonexistent, whereas soldier means a member of an army, of any rank.

When used as verbs, goldbrick means to shirk or malinger, whereas soldier means to continue steadfast.


check bellow for the other definitions of Goldbrick and Soldier

  1. Goldbrick as a noun (figurative):

    A gold brick, especially one that is fraudulent or nonexistent; a swindle, a con.

  2. Goldbrick as a noun (US slang, dated):

    A shirker or malingerer.

  3. Goldbrick as a noun (US slang, dated):

    A swindler.

  1. Goldbrick as a verb (US slang, dated):

    To shirk or malinger.

  2. Goldbrick as a verb (US slang, dated):

    To swindle.

  1. Soldier as a noun:

    A member of an army, of any rank.

  2. Soldier as a noun:

    A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.

  3. Soldier as a noun:

    A guardsman.

  4. Soldier as a noun:

    A member of the Salvation Army.

  5. Soldier as a noun (British, New Zealand):

    A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.

  6. Soldier as a noun:

  7. Soldier as a noun:

    Someone who fights or toils well.

  8. Soldier as a noun:

    The red or cuckoo gurnard ().

  9. Soldier as a noun:

    One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.

  1. Soldier as a verb:

    To continue steadfast; to keep striving.

  2. Soldier as a verb:

    To serve a soldier.

  3. Soldier as a verb:

    To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

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