The difference between Gap and Pass
When used as nouns, gap means an opening in anything made by breaking or parting, whereas pass means an opening, road, or track, available for passing.
When used as verbs, gap means to notch, as a sword or knife, whereas pass means to move or be moved from one place to another.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gap and Pass
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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."
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Gap as a noun:
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
Examples:
"We can slip through that gap between the buildings."
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Gap as a noun:
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
Examples:
"There is a gap between the roof and the gutter."
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Gap as a noun:
A vacant space or time.
Examples:
"I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday."
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Gap as a noun:
A hiatus.
Examples:
"I'm taking a gap."
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Gap as a noun:
A mountain or hill pass.
Examples:
"The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains."
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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."
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Gap as a noun (baseball):
The regions between the outfielders.
Examples:
"Jones doubled through the gap."
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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.
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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.
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Gap as a noun (genetics):
An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
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Gap as a verb (transitive):
To notch, as a sword or knife.
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Gap as a verb (transitive):
To make an opening in; to breach.
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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."
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Gap as a noun:
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Pass as a verb (intransitive):
Physical movement. To move or be moved from one place to another. To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past. To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over. To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes. To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force. # To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force. #* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/20/world-cup-2010-italy-new-zealand-live The Guardian], Rob Smyth, 20 June 2010 #*: Iaquinta passes it coolly into the right-hand corner as Paston dives the other way. # To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate. # To make a lunge or swipe. To go from one person to another. To put in circulation; to give currency to. To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
Examples:
"They passed from room to room."
"synonyms: go move"
"You will pass a house on your right."
"synonyms: overtake pass by pass over"
"The waiter passed biscuits and cheese."
"John passed Suzie a note."
"The torch was passed from hand to hand."
"synonyms: deliver give hand make over send transfer transmit"
"He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool."
"The poison had been passed by the time of the autopsy."
"synonyms: evacuate void"
"synonyms: thrust"
"'pass counterfeit money"
"synonyms: circulate pass around"
"'pass a person into a theater or over a railroad"
"synonyms: admit let in [[let]] [[past]]"
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Pass as a verb (intransitive):
To change in state or status To progress from one state to another; to advance. To depart, to cease, to come to an end. To die. To achieve a successful outcome from. To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body). To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance. To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just. To make a judgment on or upon a person or case. To utter; to pronounce; to pledge. To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
Examples:
"He passed from youth into old age."
"At first, she was worried, but that feeling soon passed."
"His grandmother passed yesterday."
"synonyms: pass away pass on pass over"
"He passed his examination."
"He attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass."
"Despite the efforts of the opposition, the bill passed."
"The bill passed both houses of Congress."
"The bill passed the Senate, but did not pass in the House."
"synonyms: be [[accept]]ed by be [[pass]]ed by"
"The estate passes by the third clause in Mr Smith's deed to his son."
"When the old king passed away with only a daughter as an heir, the throne passed to a woman for the first time in centuries."
"He passed the bill through the committee."
"synonyms: approve enact ratify"
"synonyms: pronounce say speak utter"
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Pass as a verb (intransitive, of time):
To move through time. To elapse, to be spent. To spend. To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. To continue. To proceed without hindrance or opposition. To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. To happen.
Examples:
"Their vacation passed pleasantly."
"synonyms: elapse go by"
"What will we do to pass the time?"
"synonyms: disregard ignore take no notice of"
"synonyms: continue go on"
"You're late, but I'll let it pass."
"She loved me for the dangers I had passed."
"synonyms: bear endure suffer tolerate undergo Thesaurus:tolerate"
"It will soon come to pass."
"synonyms: happoccur"
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Pass as a verb (intransitive):
To be accepted. To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do". To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex or other group to which they would not otherwise regard one as belonging (or belonging fully, without qualifier); especially to live and be known as white although one has black ancestry, or to live and be known as female although one was assigned male or vice versa.
Examples:
"It isn't ideal, but it will pass."
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Pass as a verb (intransitive):
In any game, to decline to play in one's turn. In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
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Pass as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To do or be better. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
Examples:
"synonyms: exceed surpass"
"synonyms: better exceed exceoutdo surpass transcend"
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Pass as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To take heed.
Examples:
"synonyms: take heed take notice"
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Pass as a noun:
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
Examples:
"a mountain pass"
"synonyms: gap"
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Pass as a noun:
A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
Examples:
"the passes of the Mississippi"
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Pass as a noun:
A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
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Pass as a noun:
A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
Examples:
"synonyms: transit"
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Pass as a noun:
An attempt.
Examples:
"My pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful."
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Pass as a noun:
Success in an examination or similar test.
Examples:
"I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature."
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Pass as a noun (fencing):
A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
Examples:
"synonyms: thrust"
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Pass as a noun (figuratively):
A thrust; a sally of wit.
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Pass as a noun:
A sexual advance.
Examples:
"The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife."
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Pass as a noun (sports):
The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
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Pass as a noun (rail transport):
A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
Examples:
"ant meet"
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Pass as a noun:
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
Examples:
"synonyms: access admission entry"
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Pass as a noun:
A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
Examples:
"a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass"
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Pass as a noun (baseball):
An intentional walk.
Examples:
"Smith was given a pass after Jones' double."
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Pass as a noun:
The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
Examples:
"synonyms: condition predicament state"
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Pass as a noun (obsolete):
Estimation; character.
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Pass as a noun (obsolete, Chaucer):
A part, a division. Compare .
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Pass as a noun (cookery):
The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
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Pass as a noun:
An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
Examples:
"A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place."
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Pass as a noun (computing):
A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
Examples:
"Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass."
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Pass as a noun (computing, slang):
A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
Examples:
"Anyone want to trade passes?"