The difference between Gob and Mouth

When used as nouns, gob means a lump of soft or sticky material, whereas mouth means the opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

When used as verbs, gob means to gather into a lump, whereas mouth means to speak.


check bellow for the other definitions of Gob and Mouth

  1. Gob as a noun (countable):

    A lump of soft or sticky material.

  2. Gob as a noun (countable, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang):

    The mouth.

    Examples:

    "He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food."

    "Oi, you, shut your gob!"

    "She's got such a gob on her – she′s always gossiping about someone or other."

  3. Gob as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Saliva or phlegm.

    Examples:

    "He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement."

  4. Gob as a noun (US, military, slang):

    A sailor.

  5. Gob as a noun (uncountable, mining):

    Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.

  6. Gob as a noun (US, regional):

    A whoopee pie.

  1. Gob as a verb:

    To gather into a lump.

  2. Gob as a verb:

    To spit, especially to spit phlegm.

  3. Gob as a verb (mining, intransitive):

    To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.

  1. Mouth as a noun (anatomy):

    The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

    Examples:

    "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor."

  2. Mouth as a noun:

    The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.

    Examples:

    "The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn."

  3. Mouth as a noun:

    An outlet, aperture or orifice.

    Examples:

    "The mouth of a cave"

  4. Mouth as a noun (slang):

    A loud or overly talkative person.

    Examples:

    "My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up."

  5. Mouth as a noun (saddlery):

    The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

  6. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

  7. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    Cry; voice.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  8. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    Speech; language; testimony.

  9. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

  1. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To speak; to utter.

    Examples:

    "He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting."

  2. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.

    Examples:

    "The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them."

  3. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.

    Examples:

    "The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite."

  4. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  5. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir Thomas Browne"

  6. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To make mouths at.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek R. Blair"

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