Zap vs Vap - What's the difference?
zap | vap |
(colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
(colloquial) An electrical shock.
To make a zapping sound.
To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
To delete or discard (electronic media).
To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
Representing the sound or action of a zap.
(obsolete) That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.
As nouns the difference between zap and vap
is that zap is peg, pin, spigot while vap is (obsolete) that which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.zap
English
Noun
(en noun)- You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.
Verb
(zapp)- They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
- I think they zapped the processor.
- If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
- They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
- They zapped my motor's magnets.
Descendants
* Catalan: * Dutch: (l) * Galician: (l), (l) * German: (l) * French: (l), (l) * Spanish: (l), (l) * Sweddish: (l)Interjection
(en-interj)!- Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.
vap
English
Noun
(-)- In vain it is to wash a goblet, if you mean to put it nothing but the dead lees and vap of wine. — Jeremy Taylor.