Drool vs Gasp - What's the difference?
drool | gasp |
to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
to secrete saliva upon seeing something nice
to talk nonsense
saliva trickling from the mouth
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 verbs the difference between drool and gasp
is that drool is to secrete saliva in anticipation of food while gasp is to draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.As nouns the difference between drool and gasp
is that drool is saliva trickling from the mouth while gasp is a short, sudden intake of breath.As an interjection gasp is
The sound of a gasp.drool
English
Verb
(en verb)- That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him
Synonyms
* (emit saliva ): slaver, slobber, drivelNoun
(-)Derived terms
* droolyAnagrams
*gasp
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.