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.

Gapeth vs Apeth - What's the difference?

gapeth | apeth |

In archaic terms the difference between gapeth and apeth

is that gapeth is third-person singular of gape while apeth is third-person singular simple present of to ape.

As a noun apeth is

a halfpennyworth.

gapeth

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (gape)

    • gape

    English

    Verb

    (gap)
  • To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
  • * 1723 , , The Journal of a Modern Lady'', 1810, Samuel Johnson, ''The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper , Volume 11, page 467,
    • She stretches, gapes , unglues her eyes, / And asks if it be time to rise;
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=9 citation , passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
  • To stare in wonder.
  • To open wide; to display a gap.
  • * '', Act 1, Scene 1, 1807, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (editors),''The plays of William Shakspeare , Volume X, page 291,
    • May that ground gape , and swallow me alive, / Where I shall kneel to him who slew my father!
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74:
    • "Nor is he deterr'd from the belief of the perpetual flying of the Manucodiata, by the gaping of the feathers of her wings, (which seem thereby less fit to sustain her body) but further makes the narration probable by what he has observed in Kites hovering in the Aire, as he saith, for a whole hour together without any flapping of their wings or changing place."
  • * , Cato Major, Of Old Age: A Poem , 1710, page 25,
    • The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes :

    Noun

  • (uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
    • (Addison)
  • A large opening.
  • (uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
  • The width of an opening.
  • (zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.

    • Derived terms

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    apeth

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of '', itself an abbreviation of ''halfpennyworth .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A halfpennyworth.
  • * 2003: Jeanne Lawrence, A Glint of Black Stocking: The Royal Infirmary , iUniverse, p.162,
    • “Oh Harry, it doesn't matter an 'apeth we're here to see Joni?' “Hello luv,” Dad walked in. “Hello Dad.” “Had a good week then?”
  • (Northern England, informal) An affectionate term for a silly or foolish person.
  • * 2003 : Chris Brown, Of Ghosts and Faeries - A Firefighter's Tale , WritersPrintShop 2004, p.61
    • Oi, that water's not free, y'know. It has to be pumped up here yer daft ’apeth . It's not a bloody river.

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) Third-person singular]] simple present of [[ape#Verb, to ape.
  • * 1849: Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments , Wiley, p.50,
    • Fashion, the parasite of Rank, apeth faults and failings, Until the general Taste depraved hath warped its sense of beauty.
  • * 1885: Richard Francis Burton (translator''), ''Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Kessinger Publishing (2003), p.155,
    • I know that whoso apeth a stronger than he, wearieth himself and haply cometh to ruin.
  • * 2000: Richard J Carr, Wyndedanse: A Royal Chronicle of 17th Century Siam , Xlibris Corporation, p.187,
    • "The way you talk now, Richard, apeth the voice of the interloper."

    Anagrams

    *