Gap vs. Road — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gap and Road
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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.
Road
A road is a wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use. Roads consist of one or two roadways (British English: carriageways), each with one or more lanes and any associated sidewalks (British English: pavement) and road verges.
Gap
A break in a line of defense.
Road
A wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use
A country road
The shipment of freight by road
A road accident
They live at 15 Park Road
Gap
An opening through mountains; a pass.
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Road
A series of events or a course of action that will lead to a particular outcome
He's well on the road to recovery
Gap
A space between objects or points; an aperture
A gap between his front teeth.
Road
A partly sheltered stretch of water near the shore in which ships can ride at anchor
Boston Roads
Gap
An interruption of continuity
A nine-minute gap in the recorded conversation.
Needed to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.
Road
Abbr. Rd. An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.
Gap
A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity
A gap between revenue and spending.
The widening gap between rich and poor.
Road
The surface of a road; a roadbed.
Gap
A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity
The budget gap.
The technology gap.
Road
A course or path
The road to riches.
Gap
A spark gap.
Road
A railroad.
Gap
To make an opening or openings in
A wall that was gapped.
Road
Often roads(Nautical) A roadstead.
Gap
To make or adjust a space between (objects or points) or in (a device)
Gap boards on a deck.
Gap a spark plug.
Road
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
Gap
To be or become open
Her coat gapped open.
Road
(uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
We travelled to the seaside by road.
Gap
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
Road
(dated) A physical way or route.
Gap
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
Road
(figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career.
The road to happiness; the road to success.
Gap
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
Road
An underground tunnel in a mine.
Gap
A vacant space or time.
I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
Road
A railway or a single railway track.
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.
Road
(obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
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.
Road
(obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
Gap
A mountain or hill pass.
The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
Road
A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
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.
Road
(obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
Gap
(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
Jones doubled through the gap.
Road
At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
Gap
The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
Road
A journey, or stage of a journey.
With easy roads he came to Leicester.
Gap
(AU) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
Road
An inroad; an invasion; a raid.
Gap
(genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
Road
A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another.
The most villainous house in all the London road.
Gap
(transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
Road
A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; - often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads.
Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners,For we be come unto a quiet rode [road].
My hat and wig will soon be here,They are upon the road.
The highway robber - road agent he is quaintly called.
Gap
(transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
Road
An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
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.
Road
A way or means to achieve something;
The road to fame
Gap
To leave suddenly.
Road
Taking place over public roads;
Road racing
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.
Road
Working for a short time in different places;
Itinerant laborers
A road show
Traveling salesman
Touring company
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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