The difference between Gulp and Swallow

When used as nouns, gulp means the usual amount swallowed, whereas swallow means a deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

When used as verbs, gulp means to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts, whereas swallow means to cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach.

Gulp is also interjection with the meaning: indication of an involuntary fear reaction.

check bellow for the other definitions of Gulp and Swallow

  1. Gulp as a noun:

    The usual amount swallowed.

  2. Gulp as a noun:

    The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.

  1. Gulp as a verb:

    To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

  2. Gulp as a verb:

    To react nervously by swallowing.

  1. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

  2. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

  3. Swallow as a verb (intransitive):

    To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

    Examples:

    "My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow."

  4. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

  5. Swallow as a verb:

    To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

  6. Swallow as a verb:

    To retract; to recant.

    Examples:

    "to swallow one's opinions"

  7. Swallow as a verb:

    To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

    Examples:

    "to swallow an affront or insult"

  1. Swallow as a noun (archaic):

    A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

  2. Swallow as a noun:

    The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

    Examples:

    "He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water."

  3. Swallow as a noun (Nigeria):

    Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

  1. Swallow as a noun:

    A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

  2. Swallow as a noun (nautical):

    The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ham. Nav. Encyc"

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