The difference between Gob and Spit
When used as nouns, gob means a lump of soft or sticky material, whereas spit means a thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
When used as verbs, gob means to gather into a lump, whereas spit means to impale on a spit.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gob and Spit
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Gob as a noun (countable):
A lump of soft or sticky material.
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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."
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Gob as a noun (uncountable, slang):
Saliva or phlegm.
Examples:
"He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement."
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Gob as a noun (US, military, slang):
A sailor.
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Gob as a noun (uncountable, mining):
Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
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Gob as a noun (US, regional):
A whoopee pie.
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Gob as a verb:
To gather into a lump.
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Gob as a verb:
To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
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Gob as a verb (mining, intransitive):
To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
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Spit as a noun:
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
Examples:
"synonyms broach"
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Spit as a noun:
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
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Spit as a verb (transitive):
To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
Examples:
"to spit a loin of veal"
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Spit as a verb (transitive):
To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
Examples:
"She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen."
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Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):
To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
Examples:
"synonyms expectorate"
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Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):
To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
Examples:
"a hot pan spitting droplets of fat"
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Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):
To utter (something) violently.
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Spit as a verb (transitive, slang, hip-hop):
To rap, to utter.
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Spit as a noun (uncountable):
Saliva, especially when expectorated.
Examples:
"synonyms expectoration spittle"
"There was spit all over the washbasin."
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Spit as a noun (countable):
An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
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Spit as a noun:
The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
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Spit as a noun:
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
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Spit as a verb (transitive, dialectal):
To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
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Spit as a verb (transitive, dialectal):
To plant (something) using a spade.
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Spit as a verb (intransitive, dialectal):
To dig, to spade.
Examples:
"synonyms delve"