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Grapples vs Grappled - What's the difference?

grapples | grappled |

As verbs the difference between grapples and grappled

is that grapples is (grapple) while grappled is (grapple).

As a noun grapples

is .

grapples

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (grapple)

    • grappled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (grapple)

    • grapple

    English

    (wikipedia grapple)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (see below). More at (l).

    Verb

    (grappl)
  • To seize something and hold it firmly.
  • (figuratively) to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; normally used with "with".
  • * to grapple''' with one's '''conscience
  • To use a grapple.
  • To wrestle or tussle.
  • To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
  • * Hakluyt
    • The gallies were grappled to the Centurion.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

  • (nautical) A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grapnel or grappling iron.
  • (uncountable) The act of grappling.
  • A close hand-to-hand struggle.