What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Gab vs Yak - What's the difference?

gab | yak |

As a symbol gab

is the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for gabon.

As an interjection yak is

ugh, yuck.

gab

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • idle chatter
  • The mouth or gob.
  • One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * gabby * gift of the gab

    Verb

    (gabb)
  • (obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
  • To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
  • (obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.
  • Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    yak

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full, bushy mane.
  • Hyponyms
    * Bos mutus * Bos grunniens * - wild yak * - domestic yak
    Derived terms
    * yak shaving * yakless

    See also

    *

    Etymology 2

    apparently an onomatopoeia

    Alternative forms

    * yack

    Verb

    (yakk)
  • To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter.
  • * 1960:' ''“You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, '''yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds [...]”'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XI)
  • To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
  • Usage notes
    * This is subject to the typically Australian 'have-a-verb' syntactic construction, as in 'I had a yak last night'. But this does not qualify 'yak' to be nominal.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A talk, particular an informal one such as chattering.
  • (slang) A laugh
  • Vomit.
  • (slang) shorthand for kayak
  • Anagrams

    * ----