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Consuming vs Gripping - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between consuming and gripping

is that consuming is present participle of lang=en while gripping is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between consuming and gripping

is that consuming is holding one's attention or interest while gripping is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating.

As a noun gripping is

obsolete form of lang=en pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

consuming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * time-consuming

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Holding one's attention or interest.
    • :: a consuming passion for wikis

    gripping

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines)
  • * 1727 , Alexander Hamilton, A new account of the East Indies
    • The same Night it began to operate by Grippings and Sweating, and he being bred a Surgeon, took some Medicines to correct the Grippings, which in some Measure the Medicine did, but he lost his Appetite