gap vs tincture

gap

noun
  • An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. 

  • A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack. 

  • The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item. 

  • A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous. 

  • An opening allowing passage or entrance. 

  • An opening that implies a breach or defect. 

  • (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc. 

  • An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment. 

  • The regions between the outfielders. 

  • A vacant space or time. 

  • A mountain or hill pass. 

  • A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names). 

verb
  • To leave suddenly. 

  • To notch, as a sword or knife. 

  • To check the size of a gap. 

  • To make an opening in; to breach. 

tincture

noun
  • A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace. 

  • A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge. 

  • A (small) alcoholic drink. 

  • The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this. 

  • An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something. 

  • A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms; namely, a colour, fur, or metal. 

  • A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent. 

  • A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance. 

verb
  • Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge. 

  • To have a taint or tinge of some quality. 

  • To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture. 

  • To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment. 

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