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Gasp vs Gambit - What's the difference?

gasp | gambit |

As nouns the difference between gasp and gambit

is that gasp is sigh, yawn; the act of sighing while gambit is gambit, a form of opening a chess game.

gasp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short, sudden intake of breath.
    • The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
  • (British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
    • I'm popping out for a gasp .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
    • The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
  • To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
    • We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
  • * Lloyd
    • She gasps and struggles hard for life.
  • To speak in a breathless manner.
    • The old man gasped his last few words.
  • To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
    • I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
  • * Spenser
    • Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (humorous)
    • Gasp ! What will happen next?

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    gambit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
    • Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.
  • Any ploy or stratagem.
    • Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit .
  • A remark intended to open a conversation.