- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;
"gap between income and outgo" "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
- an open or empty space in or between things;
"there was a small opening between the trees" "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
- a narrow opening;
"he opened the window a crack"
- a pass between mountain peaks
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
"it was presented without commercial breaks" "there was a gap in his account"