The difference between Gist and Heart
When used as nouns, gist means the most essential part, whereas heart means a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
When used as verbs, gist means to summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of, whereas heart means to be fond of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gist and Heart
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Gist as a noun:
The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter; the pith.
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Gist as a noun (legal, dated):
The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
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Gist as a noun (obsolete):
Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
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Gist as a verb:
To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
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Heart as a noun (anatomy):
A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
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Heart as a noun (uncountable):
Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
Examples:
"The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart."
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Heart as a noun:
The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
Examples:
"a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart"
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Heart as a noun:
Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
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Heart as a noun:
Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
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Heart as a noun (archaic):
Examples:
"Listen, dear heart, we must go now."
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Heart as a noun:
Personality, disposition.
Examples:
"a cold heart'"
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Heart as a noun (figurative):
A wight or being.
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Heart as a noun:
A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes .
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Heart as a noun:
A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
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Heart as a noun (cartomancy):
The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
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Heart as a noun:
The centre, essence, or core.
Examples:
"The wood at the heart of a tree is the oldest."
"Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life."
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Heart as a verb (transitive, humorous, informal, mostly, internet slang):
To be fond of.
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Heart as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to be devoted.
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Heart as a verb (transitive, masonry):
To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
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Heart as a verb (intransitive, agriculture, botany):
To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.