Panting vs Gasp - What's the difference?
panting | gasp |
The act of one who pants.
* William Wordsworth
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 panting and gasp
is that panting is present participle of lang=en while gasp is to draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.As nouns the difference between panting and gasp
is that panting is the act of one who pants while gasp is a short, sudden intake of breath.As an interjection gasp is
The sound of a gasp.panting
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Now here, now there, moved by the straggling wind, / Came ever and anon a breathlike sound, / Quick as the pantings of the faithful dog
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.
