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"gap" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often disparity (9 letters).
Definitions
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”). Doublet of gape.
Used in a sentence
“He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.”
“We can slip through that gap between the buildings.”
“There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Opening between things”3 letters
02“Space between teeth, maybe”3 letters
03“Space between two things”3 letters
04“Space between”3 letters
05“Opening or difference”3 letters
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