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Gaping vs Stretching - What's the difference?

gaping | stretching |

As verbs the difference between gaping and stretching

is that gaping is while stretching is .

As nouns the difference between gaping and stretching

is that gaping is the act of one who gapes while stretching is the act by which something is stretched.

As an adjective gaping

is wide open.

gaping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • wide open
    • There's a gaping hole in the fence.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who gapes.
  • * 1820 , John Cooke, A Treatise on Nervous Diseases: Vol. I on Apoplexy
    • M. Le Gallois considers these gapings , which continue for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.
  • Something gaping; something .

    • Anagrams

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    stretching

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stretching) (en noun)
  • The act by which something is stretched.
  • * 1859 , Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry
    • [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings , before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
  • A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

    • Verb

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