Difference between Choke and Gag

What is the difference between Choke and Gag?

Choke as a noun is a control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold. while Gag as a noun is a device to restrain speech, usually a rag in the mouth and secured there with tape, another rag that has been folded into a narrow strip, or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or a leather or rubber strap.

Choke

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold. In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them. To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning. Of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.

Example sentence: Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

Gag

Part of speech: abbreviation

Definition: group specific antigens

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To have the vomiting reflex triggered.To restrain someone's speech

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A device to restrain speech, usually a rag in the mouth and secured there with tape, another rag that has been folded into a narrow strip, or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or a leather or rubber strap.An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject. Also called a gag order.A joke or other mischievous prank.The vomiting reflex.

Example sentence: 'Animal House' was my first movie, so I didn't have anything to compare it to. I was a sight gag more than anything else. So I can't say it was one of those things where your life changes. When the movie came out, I had to ask for the night off at the bar.

We hope you now know whether to use Choke or Gag in your sentence.

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