It’s just modern cultural convention to linguistically differentiate them by their size. “Goblins” is a more archaic and folksy word for them.
The orcs referred to as Uruk-hai are members of that race that have been specially bred to be larger, more intelligent, and unphased by sunlight, but “Uruk-hai” just means “orc-folk” in the Black Speech.
Correct. The goblins we see in LotR are in Moria.
Also the goblin king’s lair in The Hobbit.
Goblins and orcs are the same thing.
It’s just modern cultural convention to linguistically differentiate them by their size. “Goblins” is a more archaic and folksy word for them.
The orcs referred to as Uruk-hai are members of that race that have been specially bred to be larger, more intelligent, and unphased by sunlight, but “Uruk-hai” just means “orc-folk” in the Black Speech.
Gandalf said in Fellowship that Saruman had crossed orcs with goblin-men. How does that make sense if they are the same thing?