In context|british|slang|lang=en terms the difference between wheeze and gasp
is that
wheeze is (british|slang) an ulterior scheme or plan while
gasp is (british|slang): a draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
As nouns the difference between wheeze and gasp
is that
wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration while
gasp is a short, sudden intake of breath.
As verbs the difference between wheeze and gasp
is that
wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma while
gasp is to draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
As an interjection gasp is
(humorous).
wheeze English
Noun
( en noun)
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
(British, slang) An ulterior scheme or plan
* 2011 " Road rage; High petrol prices hurt, but will not throttle the economy ", The Economist 19 November 2011:
- The main point of fuel duty, though, is as a fiscal wheeze : it made up 5% of the tax take in 2010.
(slang) Something very humorous or laughable.
- The new comedy is a wheeze .
- You think you're going to win? That's a real wheeze !
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Verb
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
* 2001 , (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 443)
- If the air smelled even faintly of dog, Lionel coughed, wheezed and sneezed.
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gasp English
Noun
( en noun)
A short, sudden intake of breath.
- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
- I'm popping out for a gasp .
Verb
( en verb)
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
* Lloyd
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
To speak in a breathless manner.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
* Spenser
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
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