Difference between Clink and Gaol

CLINK vs GAOL: NOUN

A key.
A latch.
Money; chink: as, “needfu' clink,”
A smart stroke.
A sharp, ringing sound made by the collision of sonorous (especially metallic) bodies.
[lowercase] Any prison.
A short light metallic sound
A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal.
A prison or a prison cell; a jail.
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
The name of a prison or lockup in Southwark, London, often mentioned in the sixteenth century and later.
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.
The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England.
Plural Long iron nails.
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.

Alternative spelling of jail.
Preferred alternative spelling of jail.
See Jail delivery, under Jail.
An authority conferred upon judges and others included in it, for trying and delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict.
A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.
Obsolescent spellings of jail, jailer.
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
Make or emit a high sound
Make a high sound typical of glass

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

To ring or jingle; chink; give forth a sharp metallic sound, or a succession of such sounds, as small metallic or other sonorous bodies in collision.
To cause a clinking sound by striking two objects, as glasses, together.
To make a jingle; chime.
To cause to produce a sharp, ringing sound: as, to clink glasses in drinking healths.
To clench; weld; clasp; seize quickly.
(intransitive; transitive verb) To make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound.

Clunk, Clang, Canakin, Cheers, Prison, Pokey, Clank, Slammer, Chink, Click, Tink, Jailhouse, Gaol, Jail, Tinkle

Incarceration, Penitentiary, Prison, Imprisonment, Lag, Put behind bars, Immure, Jug, Put away, Jailhouse, Incarcerate, Imprison, Clink, Remand, Jail

Whirr, Clop, Gurgle, Clonk, Clunk, Clang, Canakin, Cheers, Prison, Pokey, Click, Tink, Gaol, Jail, Tinkle

Penal colony, Custody, Arrest, Brig, Detention, Incarceration, Penitentiary, Prison, Imprisonment, Lag, Immure, Incarcerate, Imprison, Remand, Jail

I'm staying in an old Gaol or jail.
He was sent to gaol (jail) for 18 months.
He was sentenced to life in gaol as well.
A confirmation is expected by Monday, gaol.com reported.
'I worked at Lithgow gaol, teaching creative writing.
Eight men died in Northampton gaol between Aug.
You could not election tofund a different gaol.
They are all apprehended and secured in Gaol.
The Old Gaol buildings are open for visitors to look through and gaol stories are told in a complementary booklet.
Hanged at Boggo Road Gaol for the murder of John Martin and Sergeant David Johnston at Mackay Gaol.