Gast vs Gasp - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between gast and gasp

is that gast is a guest while gasp is sigh, yawn; the act of sighing.

(en verb)

(obsolete) To frighten

And be not so a-gast, for shame! —Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame

Or whether gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled. —William Shakespeare, King Lear

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(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 .

(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.

(en interjection)

(humorous)

Gasp ! What will happen next?

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