Fault and Gap

Fault

Fault noun - A defect in character.

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Gap and fault are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gap" instead a noun "Fault".

Nearby Words: faulty, faultless, faulted, faulting, faultily

Gap noun - An incomplete or deficient area.

Usage example: a gap in his understanding

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Fault and gap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fault" instead a noun "Gap".

Nearby Words: gape, gapped, gaping, gapping

notable	notable fault	notable gap
long	long fault	long gap
similar	similar fault	similar gap
single	single fault	single gap
Other adjectives: obvious, visible, small, actual, real, big, serious, little, slight, social, new, major, further, giant, biggest.

Norbury makes all the girls in school confront the fact that they've been mean to someone else, one girl apologizes to another girl for calling her a gap-toothed bitch, because "it's not your fault you're so gap-toothed."

Source: Flippant Forgiveness
It's not your fault you're so gap-toothed.

Source: Backhanded Apology
Unreliable Narrator: Though it's not Bren's fault, and serves to underscore the fact that if an empathetic, mathematical and linguistic genius like Bren can't decipher the Atevi mind, overcoming an such immense communication gap would be simply impossible for 99.9% of the human population.

Source: Literature / Foreigner

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