[Mithrandir]

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Probebly a very simple question, but why does Tolkien refer to orcs as goblins in the Hobbit? And why do the two act so differently between the books? I mean, in the Hobbit, the goblins were not as mean and nasty and vicious as the orcs in LotR. Any good answers?

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