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Avid vs Grasping - What's the difference?

avid | grasping | Synonyms |

Avid is a synonym of grasping.


As adjectives the difference between avid and grasping

is that avid is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy while grasping is greedy, eager for wealth.

As a verb grasping is

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As a noun grasping is

the act of one who grasps or covets.

avid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
    • I'm an avid reader.
  • * 1996 , , Oyster , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3
    • We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

    Derived terms

    * avidly * avidity

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    grasping

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Greedy, eager for wealth.
  • * 1990 , (Robert Fagles) (translator), The Iliad :
    • Just how, Agamemnon, great field marshal . . . most grasping man alive, how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? I know of no troves of treasure, piled, lying idle, anywhere.

    Derived terms

    * graspingly * graspingness

    Synonyms

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    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who grasps or covets.
  • * 2009 , Jed McKenna, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment
    • These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings .

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