Gap vs. Gag — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gap and Gag
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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.
Gag
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.
Gap
A break in a line of defense.
Gag
A piece of cloth put in or over a person's mouth to prevent them from speaking
They tied him up and put a gag in his mouth
Gap
An opening through mountains; a pass.
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Gag
A device for keeping the patient's mouth open during a dental or surgical operation.
Gap
A space between objects or points; an aperture
A gap between his front teeth.
Gag
A joke or an amusing story, especially one forming part of a comedian's act or in a film
Films that goad audiences into laughing at the most tasteless of gags
Gap
An interruption of continuity
A nine-minute gap in the recorded conversation.
Needed to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.
Gag
Put a gag on (someone)
She was bound and gagged by robbers
Gap
A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity
A gap between revenue and spending.
The widening gap between rich and poor.
Gag
Choke or retch
He gagged on the wine
Gap
A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity
The budget gap.
The technology gap.
Gag
Be very eager to have or do (something)
We'll be sitting in front of the TV at five to seven next Saturday evening, gagging for the next instalment
I'm absolutely gagging for a pint
Gap
A spark gap.
Gag
Tell jokes
They gagged about their sexual problems
Gap
To make an opening or openings in
A wall that was gapped.
Gag
Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
Gap
To make or adjust a space between (objects or points) or in (a device)
Gap boards on a deck.
Gap a spark plug.
Gag
An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
Gap
To be or become open
Her coat gapped open.
Gag
A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
Gap
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
Gag
A practical joke
Played a gag on his roommates.
Gap
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
Gag
A comic effect or remark.
Gap
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
Gag
The act or an instance of gagging or choking.
Gap
A vacant space or time.
I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
Gag
To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.
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.
Gag
To stop or restrain from exercising free speech
Censorship laws aimed at gagging the press.
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.
Gag
To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.
Gap
A mountain or hill pass.
The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
Gag
To keep (the mouth) open by using a dental gag.
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.
Gag
To block off or obstruct (a pipe or valve, for example).
Gap
(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
Jones doubled through the gap.
Gag
To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
Gap
The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
Gag
To make jokes or quips
Your friends are always gagging around.
Gap
(AU) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
Gag
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.
Gap
(genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
Gag
(legal) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
Gap
(transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
Gag
(figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
Gap
(transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
Gag
A joke or other mischievous prank.
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.
Gag
(film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
Gap
To leave suddenly.
Gag
A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
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.
Gag
(archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
Gap
The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.
Gag
Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
Gap
To notch, as a sword or knife.
Gag
(intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
He gagged when he saw the open wound.
Gap
To make an opening in; to breach.
Their masses are gapp'd with our grape.
Gag
(transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
Gap
A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;
Gap between income and outgo
The spread between lending and borrowing costs
Gag
(transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
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
Gag
(transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
Gap
A narrow opening;
He opened the window a crack
Gag
To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.
Gap
A pass between mountain peaks
Gag
(ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.
Gap
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
It was presented without commercial breaks
Gag
To deceive (someone); to con.
Gap
Make an opening or gap in
Gag
To astonish (someone); to be at a loss for words.
Gag
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.
The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked.
Gag
To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
Mouths gagged to such a wideness.
Gag
To cause to heave with nausea.
Gag
To heave with nausea; to retch.
Gag
Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
Gag
A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.
Gag
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.
Gag
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;
He told a very funny joke
He knows a million gags
Thanks for the laugh
He laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest
Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Gag
Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
Gag
Prevent from speaking out;
The press was gagged
Gag
Be too tight; rub or press;
This neckband is choking the cat
Gag
Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;
The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
Gag
Make jokes or quips;
The students were gagging during dinner
Gag
Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
He swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Gag
Cause to retch or choke
Gag
Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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