Zap vs Zoom - What's the difference?
zap | zoom |
(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.
a humming noise from something moving very fast
a quick ascent
a big increase
an augmentation of a view as with a lens
to move fast with a humming noise
to fly an airplane straight up
to move rapidly
to go up sharply
to change the focal length of a zoom lens
(used with in]] or [[zoom out, out ) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
As nouns the difference between zap and zoom
is that zap is peg, pin, spigot while zoom is zoom, augmentation of a view as with a camera lens.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.
zoom
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- prices zoomed