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Grasping vs Clamping - What's the difference?

grasping | clamping |

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)
  • 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

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    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 .

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    clamping

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is clamped.
  • There are frequent clampings of cars that fail to display a parking permit.