Flush vs. Gap — What's the Difference?

(of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion

An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach

Cleanse (something, especially a toilet) by causing large quantities of water to pass through it

A break in a line of defense.

Drive (a bird, especially a game bird, or an animal) from its cover

An opening through mountains; a pass.

(of a plant) send out fresh shoots

A space between objects or points; an aperture

Fill in (a joint) level with a surface.

An interruption of continuity

A reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion

A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity

A sudden rush of intense emotion

A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity

An act of cleansing something, especially a toilet, with a sudden flow of water

A spark gap.

The action of driving an animal or game bird from its cover

To make an opening or openings in

(in poker or brag) a hand of cards all of the same suit.

To make or adjust a space between (objects or points) or in (a device)

A piece of wet ground over which water flows without being confined to a definite channel.

To be or become open

Completely level or even with another surface

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

Having plenty of something, especially money

An opening allowing passage or entrance.

So as to be level or even

An opening that implies a breach or defect.

So as to be directly centred; squarely

A vacant space or time.

To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.

A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.

To glow, especially with a reddish color

A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.

To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.

A mountain or hill pass.

To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.

(Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

To cause to redden or glow.

(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.

To excite or elate

The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water

(AU) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.

To drive away with a rapid flow of a liquid

(genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.

To remove or eliminate

(transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.

To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.

(transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.

To drive or force into the open

(transitive) To check the size of a gap.

To dart out or fly from cover.

To leave suddenly.

A flooding flow or rush, as of water.

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.

The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.

The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.

A blush or glow

To notch, as a sword or knife.

A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.

To make an opening in; to breach.

A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.

A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;

A rush of strong feeling

An open or empty space in or between things;

A state of great vigor or development.

A narrow opening;

A hand in which all the cards are of the same suit but not in numerical sequence, ranked above a straight and below a full house in poker.

A pass between mountain peaks

A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.

An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;

So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.

Make an opening or gap in

Squarely or solidly

A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.

A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.

(computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.

A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.

A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.

(skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.

(poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

(transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.

(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

(transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.

(transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.

(intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.

(transitive) To cause to blush.

To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.

(transitive) To excite, inflame.

To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.

To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.

To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.

To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

(masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.

To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.

(mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.

To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet

Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.

Wealthy or well off.

(typography) nodot=1: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.

Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.

Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.

Suddenly and completely.

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.

To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.

To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.

To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.

To excite; to animate; to stir.

To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.

To cause to flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.

To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.

A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.

A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.

A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.

A hand of cards, all of the same suit; - especially significant in poker, where five cards of the same suit constitute a flush, which beats a straight but is beaten by a full house or four of a kind.

Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.

Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.

Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.

Consisting of cards of one suit.

So as to be level or even.

The period of greatest prosperity or productivity

A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

The swift release of a store of affective force;

A sudden rapid flow (as of water);

Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

Flow freely;

Make level or straight;

Polish and make shiny;

Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid;

Irrigate with water from a sluice;

Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water;

Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane;

Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;

Squarely or solidly;

In the same plane;