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Gasping vs Puffing - What's the difference?

gasping | puffing |

As verbs the difference between gasping and puffing

is that gasping is while puffing is .

As nouns the difference between gasping and puffing

is that gasping is the act by which one gasps while puffing is the act of one who puffs.

gasping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which one gasps.
    • Sundry violent gaspings and strainings. — Herman Melville.

    puffing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (United States) Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.
  • *{{quote-web
    • , date = 2011-12-06 , author = TRI-102.5 Staff , title = ‘Puffing’ is Illegal in Colorado (Warming Up Your Car Unattended) , site = TRI-102.5 , url = http://tri1025.com/puffing-is-illegal-in-colorado-warming-up-your-car-unattended-2/, passage=It's called "puffing ," when drivers start their car and then leave it unattended while running.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who puffs.
    • the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train
  • A puffy ornament.
  • * 1825 , The Ladies' Monthly Museum (volume 21, page 50)
    • Evening dresses are trimmed in a variety of ways, with puffings of crape, fringes, and ornaments, of the richest patterns
  • (legal) An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.