Graspt vs Gaspt - What's the difference?
graspt | gaspt |
(obsolete) (grasp)
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
(senseid)To understand.
Grip.
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*: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.
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(obsolete) (gasp)
A short, sudden intake of breath.
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
* Lloyd
To speak in a breathless manner.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
* Spenser
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between graspt and gaspt
is that graspt is (obsolete) (grasp) while gaspt is (obsolete) (gasp).As verbs the difference between graspt and gaspt
is that graspt is (obsolete) (grasp) while gaspt is (obsolete) (gasp).graspt
English
Verb
(head)grasp
English
(wikipedia grasp)Verb
(en verb)- I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity .
Derived terms
* grasp the nettleNoun
(en noun)gaspt
English
Verb
(head)gasp
English
Noun
(en noun)- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- I'm popping out for a gasp .
Verb
(en verb)- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
