Grief vs Griff - What's the difference?
grief | griff |
Suffering, hardship.
Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
(countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
(online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.
(obsolete) grasp; reach
* Holland
(weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
(colloquial, slang) marijuana.
As nouns the difference between grief and griff
is that grief is suffering, hardship while griff is griffin, (white) newcomer.As a verb grief
is to deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.grief
English
(wikipedia grief)Noun
- She was worn out from so much grief .
- The betrayal caused Jeff grief .
- Surely, he hath borne our griefs , and carried our sorrows. -Isaiah 53:4
Derived terms
* give someone griefVerb
(en verb) (Griefer)Usage notes
* This verb is most commonly found in the gerund-participle (griefing) and the derived noun (griefer).External links
* * * English internet slang ----griff
English
Etymology 1
Shortened from earlier (griffin).Etymology 2
Compare (grip), (gripe).Noun
(en noun)- A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff .
- (Knight)