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Grabbing vs Snatching - What's the difference?

grabbing | snatching |

As verbs the difference between grabbing and snatching

is that grabbing is present participle of lang=en while snatching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between grabbing and snatching

is that grabbing is the act of one who grabs while snatching is the act by which something is snatched.

grabbing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * attention-grabbing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who grabs.
  • * 2005 , Jeff Metzger, Cubicle Cowboy (page 168)
    • On the way out, all five of us were subjected to an absolute gauntlet of ass-grabbings and crotch-grabbings. I suspected most of the culprits to be transvestites.

    snatching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is snatched.
    • Three purse snatchings in the park were reported this week.

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