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Trepidation vs Gak - What's the difference?

trepidation | gak |

As nouns the difference between trepidation and gak

is that trepidation is trembling while gak is the drug crystal meth.

As an interjection gak is

expressing disgust or trepidation.

trepidation

English

Noun

(-)
  • A fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern.
    • I decided, with considerable trepidation , to let him drive my car without me.
  • * 1929 , , Chapter VII, Section vi
    • She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation . Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}
  • An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
  • (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

    • Synonyms

    * (fearful state) agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry

    Related terms

    * intrepid * trepid * trepidate * trepidatory * trepidancy * trepidity * trepidly * trepidatious

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    gak

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative of a gagging noise in the throat.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Expressing disgust or trepidation.
  • * 2002 , "93 Percent Wise", the NT then and now'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.messianic )
    • proselytizing is, ultimately, a disgusting way of relating to people. whether it's amway, xnty, or discovery toys, it's just awful manipulation pride and disrespect. i hate it, i hate that i did it, it's yucky yucky yucky. puke puke gak vomit.
  • * 2008 , Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack
    • Gak . She'd thought that's what it meant. Her heart slammed into her gut. No, no, no.
  • * 2009 , Joel Rubinoff, It's not a dream: They're back'' (in ''Toronto Star , 19 March 2009)
    • Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • The drug crystal meth.
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