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Asp vs Gasp - What's the difference?

asp | gasp |

As nouns the difference between asp and gasp

is that asp is iupac 3-letter abbreviation of aspartic acid while gasp is sigh, yawn; the act of sighing.

asp

English

(Active Server Pages) (Application service provider)

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • Active Server Pages
  • Application Service Provider
  • (military) (Ammunition Supply Point)

    • Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • An extensible baton, used by police and security officers. From the name of the manufacturer: Amalgamated Security Products.

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    gasp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, sudden intake of breath.
    • The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
  • (British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
    • I'm popping out for a gasp .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
    • The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
  • To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
    • We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
  • * Lloyd
    • She gasps and struggles hard for life.
  • To speak in a breathless manner.
    • The old man gasped his last few words.
  • To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
    • I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
  • * Spenser
    • Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (humorous)
    • Gasp ! What will happen next?

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