Burp vs Gasp - What's the difference?
burp | gasp |
a belch
* 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 9:
A short, sudden intake of breath.
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
* Lloyd
To speak in a breathless manner.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between burp and gasp
is that burp is a belch while gasp is a short, sudden intake of breath.As verbs the difference between burp and gasp
is that burp is {{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To emit a burp while gasp is to draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.As an interjection gasp is
The sound of a gasp.burp
English
Noun
(en noun)- Sylvanshine would burp and it would seem like more than a burp ; it would taste like he'd almost thrown up a little.
Synonyms
* belchUsage notes
* A belch is generally considered to be louder than a burpSee also
* fart * yawngasp
English
Noun
(en noun)- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- I'm popping out for a gasp .
Verb
(en verb)- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
