Hasped vs Gasped - What's the difference?
hasped | gasped |
(hasp)
A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
(gasp)
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 verbs the difference between hasped and gasped
is that hasped is past tense of hasp while gasped is past tense of gasp.hasped
English
Verb
(head)hasp
English
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * ----gasped
English
Verb
(head)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.