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The Difference Between Goth and Emo

Goth is when you hate the world.

Emo is when the world hates you.
An example of the difference between Goth and Emo.

Goth: I hate you all! I don't like anybody! I hope you burn in the eternal flames of hell! DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL!!

Emo: I hate myself! Nobody likes me! I feel like I'm burning in the eternal flames of hell! Death to all but My Chemical Romance!
by Sie Blutet September 11, 2010
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The Difference Between Goth and Emo

Goth is a culture. It's not about hating the world. It's about appreciating and finding beauty in the dark side of life. You can find that lots of goths are musicians and poets and artists. Not all goths wear all black, you can worship the devil without being goth. Goths are often older, mostly in their 20's-30's. There are also many sub-cultures of goth. Cybergoth, victorian goth, romantic goth, just to name a few. Goths are often more mature.

Emo is a phase that a lot of teenagers go through, usually starting at the age of 13. It includes saying you have mental disorders to fit in. Often you see emo kids competing on who has the most extreme mental disorders that they diagnosed themselves. They don't know anything about emotive hardcore music, which the trend originated from. When the trend originally started, it was all about the music, and not the fashion. But with bands like My Chemical Romance, it became about self-harm. Please, remember that self-harming is a serious mental disorder that many people have, and it doesn't make them "emo" if they do. And please, don't self-harm just to fit in to a trend.
"The Difference Between Goth and Emo"

Goth: "I was at a pub last night when they started playing Nosferatu. It was pretty cool. I got together with a couple of my friends and we talked about each other's boots."

Emo: "Omfg it's not a phase <333333 this is a waiii of lyfeee <333 Sleeping with Sirens for lyfeeee <33333"
by whadupballsacks August 31, 2013
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goth vs. emo vs. chav vs. detroit ghetto

Emo is basically the bottom of the food chain here.
Emos hate themselves, goths hate everyone else.
A Chav is a british wigger, they are also recognizably stupid.
A Detroit Ghetto is a black person who carries more weapons and drugs then his coat can fit.
Goths are all black. Emos are goths with circus colors and an estrogen overdose. Goths are actually bigger life haters then emos but they have balls and deal with shit.
In the united kingdom Chavs and Emos are rivals
The Chav is picking on the Emo and a goth comes by, so the Chav thinks 'Oh, another Emo' so the Chav attempts to pick on the Goth who takes out a half inch syringe and proceeds to beat the living hell out of the Chav. After the Chav is dead from pinstab wounds the Emo praises the Goth like they are holy or something. Then the Goth who is totally annoyed fills the syringe with yellow asbestos liquid and leaves a small air pocket. Then says it's Heroin and sends the Emo off who dies several seconds later. Then the Detroit Ghetto guy walks in and then opens his coat which a rocket launcher is hidden in takes out a bag of cocaine but is actually sweet and low. In the end the Goth is dead and the Detroit Ghetto goes back home and then a team of fat and vice cops investigate and 6 months later they can only speculate that it was a homicide.
Goth Vs. Emo Vs. Chav Vs. Detroit Ghetto
by Brents2 August 30, 2007
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A person or persons who spends all of their time either talking about how high they are or smoking pot. Most tend to have speech impediments that make it so everytime they try to finish a sentence they burst out laughing and the remainder of the sentence is then incoherent. Most tell stories about their adventures to their friends when everyone knows no one really cares
Him: Dood I got so high last night and fell of my hasfhahhaoyuouse and then i broekakkfds my lehahahhahahahhaha.
Her: Wow your such a stoner emo badass punk hxc goth gankstah wankstah prep scene slut jock smullging border hooper.
by Steveasaurusrexx July 1, 2008
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Anti-Emo Goths

Those dark, evil, vengeful teens who call themselves goths and whatnot. They tend to attack what they call "emo-goers" and "emo-teens." They wear the typical goth clothing and carry weapons at all times. Many have a fair arsenal at home that they keep in cas of an "Emo-attack." Sometimes they will provoke and taunt "emo-teens," then attack them. All in all, they aren't nice people when crossed by an Emo-teen.
"Hey man, let's get with the other Anti-Emo Goths and hunt down some of those pansy Emo-goers."
by Nolan Corbin May 18, 2005
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Gothic Emo

A contradiction in terms.

Emos are not gothic, and goths are not emo. They both sprang from the punk subculture, and they both wear a lot of black, but that's where the similarities end.
Gothic Emo - It's one or the other, folks.
by Sabeline December 28, 2007
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Gothic-emo-dork

A person who wears a lot of black and is very emotional may listen to emo/goth/punk bands. Tends to be a social outcast often vegetarian. Kind of dork in a lovable way the friends they do have like them a lot
person 1: I am a gothic-emo-dork

person 2: I suddenly have the urge to make a baby with you
by RayRAydd February 11, 2006
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