The difference between Gist and Meat
When used as nouns, gist means the most essential part, whereas meat means the flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
Gist is also verb with the meaning: to summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gist and Meat
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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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Meat as a noun (uncountable):
The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
Examples:
"A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms."
"The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter."
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Meat as a noun (countable):
A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
Examples:
"The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly."
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Meat as a noun (now, archaic, dialectal):
Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also .
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Meat as a noun (now, rare):
A type of food, a dish.
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Meat as a noun (now, archaic):
A meal.
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Meat as a noun (uncountable):
Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
Examples:
"The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm."
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Meat as a noun (slang):
A penis.
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Meat as a noun (colloquial):
The best or most substantial part of something.
Examples:
"We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor."
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Meat as a noun (sports):
The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
Examples:
"He hit it right on the meat of the bat."
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Meat as a noun:
A meathead.
Examples:
"Throw it in here, meat."
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Meat as a noun (Australian Aboriginal):
A totem, or a clan or clansman which uses it.