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Grinning vs Frowning - What's the difference?

grinning | frowning |

As verbs the difference between grinning and frowning

is that grinning is while frowning is .

As nouns the difference between grinning and frowning

is that grinning is the act or expression of one who grins while frowning is the act of giving a frown.

grinning

English

Verb

(head)
    • I’m grinning because someone told me a joke.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or expression of one who grins.
  • * (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
    • The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.

    frowning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a frown.
  • * Isaac Watts
    • Let all the creatures above and below frown and scowl upon me; if my Creator smile, I am happy; nor can all their frownings diminish my complete joy.