Difference between Heave and Gag

What is the difference between Heave and Gag?

Heave as a noun is an effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. 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.

Heave

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare with pitch.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). To displace (a vein, stratum). To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions. To rise and fall. To utter with effort. To throw, cast. To pull up with a rope or cable. To make an effort to vomit; to retch.

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: My dream in life is to write the one gag that makes everyone in the world laugh.

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

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