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Gripping vs Crushing - What's the difference?

gripping | crushing |

As adjectives the difference between gripping and crushing

is that gripping is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating while crushing is that crushes; overwhelming.

As verbs the difference between gripping and crushing

is that gripping is while crushing is .

As nouns the difference between gripping and crushing

is that gripping is (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines) while crushing is the action of the verb to crush .

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

    crushing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That crushes; overwhelming.
    • a crushing defeat
  • Devastatingly disheartening.
    • crushing guilt
    Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing .

    Synonyms

    (disheartening) * (l) (British) * See also

    Noun

    (wikipedia crushing)
  • The action of the verb to crush .
    • oilseed crushings
  • A former method of execution.

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