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Swaddle vs Gag - What's the difference?

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In archaic terms the difference between swaddle and gag

is that swaddle is to beat; cudgel while gag is a mouthful that makes one retch or choke.

As verbs the difference between swaddle and gag

is that swaddle is to bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth while gag is to experience the vomiting reflex.

As nouns the difference between swaddle and gag

is that swaddle is anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band while gag is a device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

As an abbreviation gag is

group specific antigens.

swaddle

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
  • (archaic) To beat; cudgel.

    • Related terms

    * swaddling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
  • * Addison
    • They put me in bed in all my swaddles .

    Anagrams

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    gag

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head) (Group-specific antigen)
  • group specific antigens

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
  • (legal) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
  • A joke or other mischievous prank.
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  • A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
  • (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
    • a gag of mutton fat
    (Lamb)

    Synonyms

    * (legal) gag order * (joke) See also

    Derived terms

    * sight gag

    Verb

  • To experience the vomiting reflex.
    • He gagged when he saw the open wound.
  • To cause to heave with nausea.
  • (rfc-sense) To : to order a recruit to exercise until he "gags" (usually spoken in exaggeration).
  • To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}}
    ''The victims could not speak because the burglar had gagged them with duct tape.
  • (figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
    • When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.
  • * Macaulay
    • The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged , and reason to be hoodwinked.
  • To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
  • * Fortescue (translation)
    • mouths gagged to such a wideness

    Derived terms

    * gag me with a spoon