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Grinning vs Grimacing - What's the difference?

grinning | grimacing |

As verbs the difference between grinning and grimacing

is that grinning is present participle of lang=en while grimacing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between grinning and grimacing

is that grinning is the act or expression of one who grins while grimacing is the act of making a grimace.

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.

    grimacing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a grimace.
  • * 1918 , H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter
    • The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings .