Gap between Goku and Vegeta (Boo Saga)

[GreatSaiyaman123]

Does this statement suggest the gap between Goku and Vegeta hasn't changed since the Cell Games?

Chapter: 458 (DBZ 264), P10.3-4, P11.2-3
Context: after Goku and Vegeta fight a bit
Goku: “Un-unbelievable…I thought I trained considerably in the afterlife…But we’re completely even…You trained more than me…”
Vegeta: “…No, that’s not it…I think I did perform more special training than you, but you’re a greater genius than I am…No matter how much time passed, this gap wouldn’t change…I realized this, when you fought with that monster Babidi sent…It was a shock…That’s why I secretly resolved myself…[ ] At the tournament, the people who knew that pair who Babidi made into his underlings said that they had become far stronger than before…I remembered that, and I thought…That if I were taken over by him too, then the gap between you and me would vanish…And I was right…”

 

[SIAD]

Does this statement suggest the gap between Goku and Vegeta hasn't changed since the Cell Games?

I would say that I diminish the difference a little.

 

[SSJ2]

Definitely. At best he closed it minimally.

 

[Papasmurf]

I don't think it widened, but Vegeta was still behind by enough that he'd surely lose. I think Vegeta had a stronger lead on Gohan than Galu did on him though.

 

[ahill1]

"This gap" seems to be in reference to their genius status rather than straight up power, considering that's what he brings up right above.

 

[SSJ2]

The context still implies that nothing changed. Vegeta did more specialized training but Goku's training was more effective. Sounds like they cancel out.