thing vs go-to

thing and go-to both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thing	Yes	No	No	No
go-to	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, go-to is a hyponym of thing; that is, go-to is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than thing:

thing (noun)	go-to (noun)
a separate and self-contained entity	an action or object one always chooses first
an action
an artifact
an entity that is not named specifically
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
a special abstraction
a special objective
a vaguely specified concern
a statement regarded as an object
an event
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
a special situation