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Grasping vs Catching - What's the difference?

grasping | catching |

As adjectives the difference between grasping and catching

is that grasping is greedy, eager for wealth while catching is (informal) contagious.

As verbs the difference between grasping and catching

is that grasping is while catching is .

As nouns the difference between grasping and catching

is that grasping is the act of one who grasps or covets while catching is the action of the verb catch.

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

    Synonyms

    * See also

    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 .

    Anagrams

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    catching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb catch.
  • * 1819 , Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) contagious
  • captivating; alluring