Gap vs. Gab — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gap and Gab
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Gap
An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach
Wriggled through a gap in the fence.
A large gap in the wall where the artillery shell had exploded.
Gab
To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.
Gap
A break in a line of defense.
Gab
Idle talk; chatter.
Gap
An opening through mountains; a pass.
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Gab
Idle chatter.
Gap
A space between objects or points; an aperture
A gap between his front teeth.
Gab
The mouth or gob.
Gap
An interruption of continuity
A nine-minute gap in the recorded conversation.
Needed to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.
Gab
One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
Gap
A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity
A gap between revenue and spending.
The widening gap between rich and poor.
Gab
To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
Gap
A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity
The budget gap.
The technology gap.
Gab
(intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
Gap
A spark gap.
Gab
To speak or tell falsely.
Gap
To make an opening or openings in
A wall that was gapped.
Gab
The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.
Gap
To make or adjust a space between (objects or points) or in (a device)
Gap boards on a deck.
Gap a spark plug.
Gab
The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness.
Gap
To be or become open
Her coat gapped open.
Gab
To deceive; to lie.
Gap
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
Gab
To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.
Gap
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
Gab
Light informal conversation for social occasions
Gap
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
Gap
A vacant space or time.
I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
Gap
A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
I'm taking a gap.
You must wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road.
Gap
A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.
Find words to fill the gaps in an incomplete sentence.
Gap
A mountain or hill pass.
The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
Gap
(Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
Gap
(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
Jones doubled through the gap.
Gap
The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
Gap
(AU) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
Gap
(genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
Gap
(transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
Gap
(transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
Gap
(transitive) To check the size of a gap.
I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
Gap
To leave suddenly.
Gap
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.
Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap.
It would make a great gap in your own honor.
Gap
The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.
Gap
To notch, as a sword or knife.
Gap
To make an opening in; to breach.
Their masses are gapp'd with our grape.
Gap
A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;
Gap between income and outgo
The spread between lending and borrowing costs
Gap
An open or empty space in or between things;
There was a small opening between the trees
The explosion made a gap in the wall
Gap
A narrow opening;
He opened the window a crack
Gap
A pass between mountain peaks
Gap
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
It was presented without commercial breaks
Gap
Make an opening or gap in
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