Grasping vs Tenacious - What's the difference?
grasping | tenacious |
Greedy, eager for wealth.
* 1990 , (Robert Fagles) (translator), The Iliad :
The act of one who grasps or covets.
* 2009 , Jed McKenna, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment
clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
unwilling to yield or give up; dogged
holding together; cohesive
having a good memory; retentive
As adjectives the difference between grasping and tenacious
is that grasping is greedy, eager for wealth while tenacious is clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.As a verb grasping
is .As a noun grasping
is the act of one who grasps or covets.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 .