Gash vs Fault - What's the difference?

Gash is a related term of fault.

As nouns the difference between gash and fault

is that gash is a deep cut while fault is a defect; something that detracts from perfection.

As verbs the difference between gash and fault

is that gash is to make a deep, long cut, to slash while fault is to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

gash

English

Noun

(gashes)

A deep cut.

* 2006 , New York Times, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/11bush.html?hp&ex=1158033600&en=e468f88da52557ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage]:

Vowing that he was “never going to forget the lessons of that day,” President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul’s Chapel and making a surprise stop at a firehouse and a memorial museum overlooking the vast gash in the ground where the twin towers once stood.

(slang, vulgar) A vulva, pussy

* 1959 , , (Naked Lunch) , 50th anniversary edition (2009), p. 126:

“Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”

(slang, offensive) A woman

(slang, British Royal Navy) Rubbish, spare kit

(slang) Rubbish on board an aircraft

(slang) Unused film or sound during film editing

(slang) Poor quality beer, usually watered down.

Verb

(es)

To make a deep, long cut, to slash.

Anagrams

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fault

English

Noun

(en noun)

A defect; something that detracts from perfection.

* Shakespeare

As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault .

A mistake or error.

No!. This is my fault, not yours

A weakness of character; a failing.

For all her faults , she's a good person at heart.

A minor offense.

Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.

The fault lies with you.

(seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

(mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.

slate fault''', dirt '''fault , etc.

(Raymond)

(tennis) An illegal serve.

(electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.

(obsolete) want; lack

* Shakespeare

one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend

(hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

* Shakespeare

Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, / With much ado, the cold fault clearly out.

Derived terms

* at fault * double fault * to a fault

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

(en verb)

To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

* Traditional song

For that I will not fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.

(geology) To fracture.

To commit a mistake or error.

(computing) To undergo a page fault.

* 2002 , Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration

When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.