Goblins or Orcs?

[akhtene]

it's most likely just that Tolkien decided on calling them 'orcs' after The Hobbit was written/published and that they're the same thing.

"The Hobbit " is very much like a fairy-tale, and goblins are usual fairy-tale creatures, described in dictionaries as simply "unpleasant, mischievous" etc. Besides they are usually quite little and at times not unfriendly to humans. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

But I couldn't fnd the word ORK in any dictionary. So perhaps (sorry if I'm wrong) Professor coined a new word to name the utterly repulsive, dangerous and deadly creatures he has in his books.