different between gulf vs ingurgitate

English

Alternative forms

• gulph (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?lf, IPA^(key): /??lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf
• Homophone: golf (some speakers)

Noun

gulf (plural gulfs)

1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
2. (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
   • 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV. i. 23:

     Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,

3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
4. (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea

5. (mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
6. (figuratively) A wide interval or gap; a separating space.

   • Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
7. (figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
8. (Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (difference): abyss

Translations

Verb

gulf (third-person singular simple present gulfs, present participle gulfing, simple past and past participle gulfed)

1. (Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin ingurgit?re, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n????d??te?t/

Verb

ingurgitate (third-person singular simple present ingurgitates, present participle ingurgitating, simple past and past participle ingurgitated)

1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.

   Synonyms: gulp, gorge, guzzle

   • , II.ii.1.2:

     Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.

2. (transitive) To swallow up, as in a gulf.
   • 1622, Fotherby, Atheom.

     If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.

Italian

Verb

ingurgitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ingurgitare
2. second-person plural imperative of ingurgitare
3. feminine plural of ingurgitato

Latin

Verb

ingurgit?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ingurgit?