Gap and Want

Gap

Gap noun - An incomplete or deficient area.

Usage example: a gap in his understanding

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

Nearby Words: gape, gapped, gaping, gapping

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Gap and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gap" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

special	special gap	special want
actual	actual gap	actual want
real	real gap	real want
big	big gap	big want
Other adjectives: enormous, little, new, odd, last, different.

Then fill the gap of historical records with whatever you want, this way "revealing" what actually happened.

Source: Stock Unsolved Mysteries
The fence isn't well maintained and there's a gap that people can get through if they want to skip school.

Source: Literature / My Dark And Fearsome Queen
He projects whatever personality they want to see in him so that they become attracted while he helps them solve whatever problems created a gap for them in the first place.

Source: Loving a Shadow

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