Inhale vs Gasp - What's the difference?
inhale | gasp |
To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
(figuratively) To eat very quickly.
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 a verb inhale
is .As a noun gasp is
sigh, yawn; the act of sighing.inhale
English
Verb
(inhal)- The hungry child inhaled her meal.
Synonyms
* (draw air into the lungs) inbreathe, breathe in, inspire * inbreathe, breathe in, inspireAntonyms
* (draw air into the lungs) outbreathe, breathe out, exhale, expire (archaic) * outbreathe, breathe out, exhaleDerived terms
* inhalation * French inhaleExternal links
* * *Anagrams
* ----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.