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Gasping vs Grasping - What's the difference?

gasping | grasping |

As verbs the difference between gasping and grasping

is that gasping is present participle of lang=en while grasping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between gasping and grasping

is that gasping is the act by which one gasps while grasping is the act of one who grasps or covets.

As an adjective grasping is

greedy, eager for wealth.

gasping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which one gasps.
    • Sundry violent gaspings and strainings. — Herman Melville.

    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

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    Verb

    (head)

    • 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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