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Grasped vs Graspable - What's the difference?

grasped | graspable |

As a verb grasped

is past tense of grasp.

As an adjective graspable is

able to be grasped.

grasped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (grasp)
  • Anagrams

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    grasp

    English

    (wikipedia grasp)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
  • (senseid)To understand.
  • I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity .

    Derived terms

    * grasp the nettle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Grip.
  • *
  • *:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
  • (senseid)Understanding.
  • That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
  • :
  • graspable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be grasped
  • Able to be understood or comprehended; understandable