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Sip vs. Gulp — What's the Difference?

Sip vs. Gulp — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sip and Gulp

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Sip

To drink in small quantities.

Gulp

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

Sip

To drink from in sips.

Gulp

To choke back by or as if by swallowing.

Sip

To drink something in sips.
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Gulp

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

Sip

The act of sipping.

Gulp

To swallow air audibly, as in nervousness.

Sip

A small quantity of liquid sipped.

Gulp

The act of gulping.

Sip

A small mouthful of drink

Gulp

A large amount swallowed at one time.

Sip

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

Gulp

The usual amount swallowed.

Sip

(intransitive) To drink a small quantity.

Gulp

The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.

Sip

To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

Gulp

An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.

Sip

Alternative form of seep

Gulp

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

Sip

(figurative) To consume slowly.

Gulp

To react nervously by swallowing.

Sip

To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

Gulp

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

Sip

To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.

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.

Sip

To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.

Gulp

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

Sip

To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace;Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.

Gulp

A disgorging.

Sip

The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

Gulp

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

Sip

A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
One sip of thisWill bathe the drooping spirits in delightBeyond the bliss of dreams.
A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy.

Gulp

A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing

Sip

A small drink

Gulp

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

Sip

Drink in sips;
She was sipping her tea

Gulp

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

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