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Fap vs Zap - What's the difference?

fap | zap |

As interjections the difference between fap and zap

is that fap is to indicate that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal while zap is representing the sound or action of a zap.

As verbs the difference between fap and zap

is that fap is to masturbate while zap is to make a zapping sound.

As nouns the difference between fap and zap

is that fap is a session of masturbation while zap is a sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.

As an adjective fap

is drunk.

fap

English

Etymology 1

Late 16th century.

Adjective

(-)
  • (obsolete) Drunk.
  • * , act I, scene I
    • BARDOLPH: Why, sir, for my part, I say the gentleman had drunk himself out of his five sentences.
    EVANS: It is his 'five senses'; fie, what the ignorance is!
    BARDOLPH: And being fap , sir, was, as they say, cashier'd; and so conclusions passed the careires.

    Etymology 2

    Echoic Internet neologism from the sound of male masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (informal) To indicate that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating]], or [[inspire, inspired to by sexual arousal.
    • I was watching some porn – fap fap fap – when my computer crashed, again!
    She's single?... *fap fap fap *

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (slang) To masturbate.
    • He really likes to fap ; I hear him five times a day at least.
    I knew you liked fapping , but 300 gigabytes of porn is a little too much.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, countable) A session of masturbation.
    • I was horny, so I had a quick fap in the public restroom.
  • (slang, uncountable, rare) Pornography.
    • I've just downloaded loads of fap for while I'm away.

    Derived terms

    * fappable * fapworthy * fappy

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) English 4chan slang ----

    zap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
  • (colloquial) An electrical shock.
    • You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.

    Verb

    (zapp)
  • To make a zapping sound.
  • To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
  • To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
    • They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
  • To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
    • I think they zapped the processor.
  • To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
    • If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
  • To delete or discard (electronic media).
    • They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
  • To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
    • They zapped my motor's magnets.

    Descendants

    * Catalan: * Dutch: (l) * Galician: (l), (l) * German: (l) * French: (l), (l) * Spanish: (l), (l) * Sweddish: (l)

    Interjection

    (en-interj)!
  • Representing the sound or action of a zap.
    • Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.