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Originally Posted by Eönwë
But actually, the particular passage you referred to may suggest that there is a difference between orcs and goblins, so perhaps we were wrong:
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Originally Posted by LOTR, TT, Helm's Deep
'But these creatures of Isengard, these half-orcs and goblin-men that the foul craft of Saruman has bred, they will not quail at the sun,'
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However, it may show that he was just emphasising his point by using both, in which case there were in fact two different words |
No– even if "orc" and "goblin" are interchangeable, it still doesn't follow that "half-orcs" and "goblin-men" must be the same thing (and thus that "goblin-men" is redundant)– it might refer to beings who differed in their amount of Orcish vs human blood or characteristics.