gap vs rent

gap and rent both are nouns.

gap and rent both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gap	Yes	No	Yes	No
rent	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rent is a hyponym of gap; that is, rent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gap:

gap: an open or empty space in or between things
rent: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

Other hyponyms of gap include pocket, diastema, nodes of Ranvier, Ranvier's nodes, foramen, hiatus, breach, chasm, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure, hole, mouth, rift, rip, snag, split, tear, window.

gap (noun)	rent (noun)
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity	the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
a narrow opening	an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures	a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations	the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
an open or empty space in or between things
a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks

gap (verb)	rent (verb)
make an opening or gap in	engage for service under a term of contract
	grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
	hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
	let for money

Difference between gap and rent

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