Inhalation vs Gasp - What's the difference?
inhalation | gasp |
The act of inhaling.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
The substance (medicament) which is inhaled.
A short, sudden intake of breath.
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
* Lloyd
To speak in a breathless manner.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between inhalation and gasp
is that inhalation is the act of inhaling while gasp is sigh, yawn; the act of sighing.inhalation
English
(wikipedia inhalation)Noun
(en noun)- The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation , then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with the air of one thoroughly at home.
See also
* inhale ----gasp
English
Noun
(en noun)- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- I'm popping out for a gasp .
Verb
(en verb)- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.