Grim vs Violent - What's the difference?
grim | violent |
dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
rigid and unrelenting
ghastly or sinister
* 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “
(UK, slang) disgusting; gross
Involving extreme force or motion.
Involving physical conflict.
Likely to use physical force.
Intensely vivid.
(obsolete) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
* Shakespeare
* T. Burnet
* Milton
As a proper noun grim
is , probably derived from old english grimm' or old norse '''grimr''' or ' grimmr .As an adjective violent is
involving extreme force or motion.As a verb violent is
(archaic) to urge with violence.As a noun violent is
(obsolete) an assailant.grim
English
Adjective
(grimmer)- Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
- His grim determination enabled him to win.
- A grim castle overshadowed the village.
The Hunger Games''”, in ''AV Club :
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge? —Mate, that is grim !
violent
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
- We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if needed.
- The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent .
- The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.
- These violent delights have violent ends.
- No violent state can be perpetual.
- Ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void.