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Gulp vs. Swallow — What's the Difference?

Gulp vs. Swallow — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gulp and Swallow

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Gulp

To swallow greedily or rapidly in large amounts
Gulp down coffee.

Swallow

The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance.

Gulp

To choke back by or as if by swallowing.

Swallow

To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.

Gulp

To choke or gasp, as in swallowing large amounts of liquid.
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Swallow

To put up with (something unpleasant)
Swallowed the insults and kept on working.

Gulp

To swallow air audibly, as in nervousness.

Swallow

To refrain from expressing; suppress
Swallow one's feelings.

Gulp

The act of gulping.

Swallow

To envelop or engulf
A building that was swallowed up by fire.

Gulp

A large amount swallowed at one time.

Swallow

To consume or use up
Relief money that was swallowed by administrative costs.

Gulp

The usual amount swallowed.

Swallow

(Slang) To believe without question
Swallowed the alibi.

Gulp

The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.

Swallow

To take back; retract
Swallow one's words.

Gulp

An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.

Swallow

To say inarticulately; mumble
The actor swallowed his lines.

Gulp

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.

Swallow

To perform the act of swallowing.

Gulp

To react nervously by swallowing.

Swallow

The act of swallowing.

Gulp

An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.

Swallow

An amount swallowed.

Gulp

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.
He does not swallow, but he gulps it down.
The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative.

Swallow

(Nautical) The channel through which a rope runs in a block or a mooring chock.

Gulp

The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.

Swallow

Any of various small graceful swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects.

Gulp

A disgorging.

Swallow

Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.

Gulp

A large and hurried swallow;
He finished it at a single gulp

Swallow

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

Gulp

A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing

Swallow

(transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

Gulp

To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught;
The men gulped down their beers

Swallow

(intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.

Gulp

Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly;
He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat

Swallow

(transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

Swallow

(intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

Swallow

(transitive) To retract; to recant.
To swallow one's opinions

Swallow

(transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
To swallow an affront or insult

Swallow

(archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

Swallow

(archaic) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.

Swallow

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.

Swallow

(nautical) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.

Swallow

(Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

Swallow

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

Swallow

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.

Swallow

Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.

Swallow

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Swallow

The act of swallowing.

Swallow

The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

Swallow

Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
I have no swallow for it.

Swallow

Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
There being nothing too gross for the swallow of political rancor.

Swallow

As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.

Swallow

That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

Swallow

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
As if I had swallowed snowballs for pills.

Swallow

To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb - usually followed by up.
The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses.

Swallow

To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
Though that story . . . be not so readily swallowed.

Swallow

To engross; to appropriate; - usually with up.
Homer excels . . . in this, that he swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.

Swallow

To occupy; to take up; to employ.
The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time.

Swallow

To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Corruption swallowed what the liberal handOf bounty scattered.

Swallow

To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.

Swallow

To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.

Swallow

To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.

Swallow

A small amount of liquid food;
A sup of ale

Swallow

The act of swallowing;
One swallow of the liquid was enough
He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips

Swallow

Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

Swallow

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!

Swallow

Engulf and destroy;
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries

Swallow

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter

Swallow

Utter indistinctly;
She swallowed the last words of her speech

Swallow

Take back what one has said;
He swallowed his words

Swallow

Keep from expressing;
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet

Swallow

Tolerate or accommodate oneself to;
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
I swallowed the insult
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies

Swallow

Believe or accept without questioning or challenge;
Am I supposed to swallow that story?

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