gap

Noun

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
  • it was presented without commercial breaks
    
  • there was a gap in his account
    

• a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

• a pass between mountain peaks

• a narrow opening
  • he opened the window a crack
    

• 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 conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
  • gap between income and outgo
    
  • the spread between lending and borrowing costs
    

Verb

• make an opening or gap in

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  break , interruption , disruption , col , crack , opening , spread , breach