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1. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
   "gap between income and outgo";
   - spread
    
2. An open or empty space in or between things
   "the explosion made a gap in the wall";
   - opening
    
3. A narrow space between things; a narrow opening
   - crack
    
4. A pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
   - col
    
5. A difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
    
6. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
   "there was a gap in his account";
   - break, interruption, disruption

1. Make an opening or gap in
   - breach

Derived forms: gapping, gapped, gaps

Type of: conflict, delay, difference, difference of opinion, disparity, dispute, holdup, mountain pass, notch, open, open up, opening, pass, space

Part of: Earth's surface, surface

Encyclopedia: Gap, New South Wales