The difference between Gap and Neck

When used as nouns, gap means an opening in anything made by breaking or parting, whereas neck means the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

When used as verbs, gap means to notch, as a sword or knife, whereas neck means to hang by the neck.

check bellow for the other definitions of Gap and Neck

  1. Gap as a noun:

    An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

    Examples:

    "He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot."

  2. Gap as a noun:

    An opening allowing passage or entrance.

    Examples:

    "We can slip through that gap between the buildings."

  3. Gap as a noun:

    An opening that implies a breach or defect.

    Examples:

    "There is a gap between the roof and the gutter."

  4. Gap as a noun:

    A vacant space or time.

    Examples:

    "I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday."

  5. Gap as a noun:

    A hiatus.

    Examples:

    "I'm taking a gap."

  6. Gap as a noun:

    A mountain or hill pass.

    Examples:

    "The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains."

  7. Gap as a noun (Sussex):

    A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

    Examples:

    "At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach."

  8. Gap as a noun (baseball):

    The regions between the outfielders.

    Examples:

    "Jones doubled through the gap."

  9. Gap as a noun (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item):

    The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

  10. Gap as a noun (AU):

    (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.

  11. Gap as a noun (genetics):

    An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.

  1. Gap as a verb (transitive):

    To notch, as a sword or knife.

  2. Gap as a verb (transitive):

    To make an opening in; to breach.

  3. Gap as a verb (transitive):

    To check the size of a gap.

    Examples:

    "I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small."

  1. Gap as a noun:

  1. Neck as a noun (anatomy):

    The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

  2. Neck as a noun:

    The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.

  3. Neck as a noun:

    The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.

  4. Neck as a noun:

    The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

  5. Neck as a noun (botany):

    The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.

  6. Neck as a noun (music):

    The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted

  7. Neck as a noun:

    A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

  8. Neck as a noun (engineering):

    A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.

    Examples:

    "a neck forming the journal of a shaft"

  9. Neck as a noun:

    The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.

  10. Neck as a noun (architecture):

    The gorgerin of a capital.

  11. Neck as a noun (firearms):

    The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.

  12. Neck as a noun (informal, MLE, slang):

    A falsehood; a lie.

  1. Neck as a verb:

    To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate

    Examples:

    "Go neck yourself."

  2. Neck as a verb (chiefly, US):

    To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.

    Examples:

    "Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them."

  3. Neck as a verb:

    To drink rapidly.

  4. Neck as a verb:

    To decrease in diameter.

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