Grape vs Grab - What's the difference?
grape | grab |
(countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis .
(countable) A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
(countable, uncountable) A dark purplish red colour, the colour of many grapes.
(uncountable) grapeshot.
A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
* , chapter=7
, title= To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
To restrain someone; to arrest.
To grip the attention; to enthrall.
(informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
* 1987 James Grady Just a Shot Away , Bantam, p117
* 1999 Jillian Dagg, Racing Hearts, Thomas Bouregy & Co., p105
* 2009 Mike Taylor, A Thousand Sleeps, Tate Publishing, p216
(informal) To consume something quickly.
To take the opportunity of.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 19, author=Paul Fletcher, work=BBC Sport
, title= a sudden snatch (for something)
* 1931 Harold M. Sherman, "The Baseball Clown," Boys' Life, Vol. 21, No. 4 (April 1931), Boy Scouts of America, p47
* 2003 J Davey, Six Years of Darkness, Trafford Publishing, p66
a mechanical device that grabs or clutches
# a device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven
(media) a soundbite
As nouns the difference between grape and grab
is that grape is a small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis while grab is a sudden snatch (for something.As an adjective grape
is containing grapes or having a grape flavor.As a verb grab is
to grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.grape
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Derived terms
{{der3, Concord grape , fox grape , grape fern , grape hyacinth , grape ivy , grape sugar , grapefruit , grapeshot , grapevine , grapey , Oregon grape , sea grape , sour grapes}}See also
* aril * cabernet sauvignon * Catawba * chardonnay * Chenin Blanc * currant * delaware * gamay * * gordo * Lambrusco * malvasia * merlot * muscadine * muscat * muscatel * must * noble rot * petioles * Pinot Grigio * Pinot Noir * pinotage * raisin * resveratrol * riesling * Sauvignon blanc * scuppernong * * Shiraz * Steen * stum * sultana * syrah * Tokay * wine * zinfandel * * (wikipedia "grape")Anagrams
* ----grab
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(grabb)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}
- "I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung.
- Hardly believing that Rafe actually planned to relax for a while, Kate nodded. "All right. Fine. I'll just go grab my purse."
- He looked at Albert and Ben, and then back to Nurse Allen. "I'll just grab my gear and be right back."
Blackpool 1-2 West Ham, passage=Both teams wasted good opportunities to score but it was the London side who did grab what proved to be the decisive third when the unmarked Vaz Te, a January signing from Barnsley, drilled the ball into the net from 12 yards.}}
Noun
(en noun)- The ball popped in and popped out, and when he made a grab for it on the ground he kicked it with his foot.
- He made a grab for me and I swung my handbag at him as hard as I could.