Dido vs. Gag — What's the Difference?

Dido ( DY-doh; Ancient Greek: Διδώ Greek pronunciation: [diː.dɔ̌ː], Latin pronunciation: [ˈdiːdoː]), also known as Alyssa or Elissa ( ə-LISS-ə, Ἔλισσα), was the legendary foundress and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage, located in modern Tunisia. Known only through ancient Greek and Roman sources, most of which were written well after Carthage's founding, her historicity remains uncertain.

A gag is usually an item or device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help and keep its wearer silent. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech.

The founder and queen of Carthage, who fell in love with Aeneas and killed herself when he abandoned her.

A piece of cloth put in or over a person's mouth to prevent them from speaking

A mischievous prank or antic; a caper.

A device for keeping the patient's mouth open during a dental or surgical operation.

A fuss, a row.

A joke or an amusing story, especially one forming part of a comedian's act or in a film

A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

Put a gag on (someone)

A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

Choke or retch

(Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

Be very eager to have or do (something)

Tell jokes

Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.

An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.

A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.

A practical joke

A comic effect or remark.

The act or an instance of gagging or choking.

To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.

To stop or restrain from exercising free speech

To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.

To keep (the mouth) open by using a dental gag.

To block off or obstruct (a pipe or valve, for example).

To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.

To make jokes or quips

A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

(legal) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.

(figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.

A joke or other mischievous prank.

(film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick

A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

(archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.

Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.

(intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.

(transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.

(transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.

(transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

(ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.

To deceive (someone); to con.

To astonish (someone); to be at a loss for words.

To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.

To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

To cause to heave with nausea.

To heave with nausea; to retch.

Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.

A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.

A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.

A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

Prevent from speaking out;

Be too tight; rub or press;

Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;

Make jokes or quips;

Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;

Cause to retch or choke

Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit