Grasping vs Clamping - What's the difference?
grasping | clamping |
Greedy, eager for wealth.
* 1990 , (Robert Fagles) (translator), The Iliad :
The act of one who grasps or covets.
* 2009 , Jed McKenna, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment
As verbs the difference between grasping and clamping
is that grasping is while clamping is .As nouns the difference between grasping and clamping
is that grasping is the act of one who grasps or covets while clamping is the act by which something is clamped.As an adjective grasping
is greedy, eager for wealth.grasping
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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 * graspingnessSynonyms
* See alsoVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings .