insert vs gap

insert and gap both are nouns.

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

As nouns, gap is a hypernym of insert; that is, gap is a word with a broader meaning than insert:

insert: (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
gap: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

Other hypernyms of insert include break, disruption, interruption.

As nouns, gap is a hypernym of insert; that is, gap is a word with a broader meaning than insert:

Other hypernyms of insert include break, disruption, interruption.

insert (noun)	gap (noun)
(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film	an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program	a narrow opening
an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted	a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication	a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
	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

insert (verb)	gap (verb)
place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing	make an opening or gap in
insert casually
put or introduce into something
fit snugly into