gamut vs gauntlet :

gamut or gauntlet

To “run a gamut” is to go through the whole scale or spectrum of something. To “run the gauntlet” (also gantlet) is to run between two lines of people who are trying to beat you. And don’t confuse “gamut” with “gambit,” a play in chess, and by extension, a tricky maneuver of any kind.

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Definitions
  gamut
  • n  a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"
  • n  the entire scale of musical notes
  gauntlet
  • n  to offer or accept a challenge
    threw down the gauntlet
    took up the gauntlet
  • n  a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
  • n  a glove with long sleeve
  • n  a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
News & Articles
  gamut
  • Memories of Dad: Times Free Press readers were asked to send in their favorite memory of their father
    Readers of the Times Free Press were asked to send their favorite memory of their father for Father's Day. The responses run the gamut, from helping with math to playing guitar to simply being the "rock" of the family.
    June 16, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
  • Facebook reveals information on data requests
    Facebook disclosed that it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from U.S. government entities in the last half of 2012. "These requests run the gamut -- from things like a local sheriff trying to find a missing child, to a federal marshal tracking a fugitive, to a police department investigating an assault, to a national security official investigating a terrorist threat ...
    June 15, 2013 - KSAT San Antonio
  • Hossa has made it to Stanley Cup Final in 4 of last 6 seasons
    Surrounded by a rotating cast of media characters, asking questions running the gamut from silly to serious, Marian Hossa leaned forward in his chair and smiled broadly. He happily chatted about everything from living across the street from Boston’s Zdeno Chara in Slovakia to coping with the career-threatening concussion he suffered in the playoffs last spring. Hossa looked entirely comfortable ...
    June 14, 2013 - Chicago Sun-Times
  gauntlet