A difference is generally seen between gaps and silences.

Stars and a gaunt crescent Moon showed between gaps in the racing clouds.

Since each type of gap has its own distinctive implication, it is very important to be able distinguish between such gaps.

Infants can suffer injuries to their arms and legs if they become trapped between gaps.

But the gaps are sometimes more than 500 feet apart, meaning that the exact location of the train between gaps is not known.

They thrust them between gaps in the logs into oil-soaked kindling.

I open my eyes in the morning and pale sunshine forces its way between gaps in the curtains.

The regenerator he found a few layers farther down, where it had slipped between gaps in the foliage.

Looking down between gaps, he could see straight down one or two stories.

The pitch of a pure tone could then be seen as corresponding to the difference between adjacent gaps.