Grumbled vs Gripe - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between grumbled and gripe

is that grumbled is (grumble) while gripe is (obsolete|intransitive) to make a grab (to'', ''towards'', ''at'' or ''upon something).

As a noun gripe is

a complaint; a petty concern.

grumbled

English

Verb

(head)

(grumble)

grumble

English

Noun

(en noun)

(onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

The sound made by a hungry stomach.

A complaint.

That whiner is never without a grumble to share.

Derived terms

* grumbly

Verb

(grumbl)

To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.

The distant thunder grumbles .

* {{quote-book

, year=1995 , author=Terry C. Johnston , title=Dance on the Wind , page=15 , passage=It made his stomach grumble in protest to think the mule was eating, and here he was worrying about her with an empty belly of his own.}}

To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.

To utter in a grumbling fashion.

* 2001 , Harry Willcox Pfanz, Gettysburg — the first day?

He grumbled that there was no grain "in the country" and that people were talking instead of working to provide it.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* grumbler

gripe

English

Verb

(grip)

(obsolete) To make a grab (to'', ''towards'', ''at'' or ''upon something).

(archaic) To seize, grasp.

* Robynson (More's Utopia)

Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure?

To complain; to whine.

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=April 29 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992) citation , page= , passage=In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.}}

To suffer griping pains.

(John Locke)

(nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

(obsolete) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

* Shakespeare

How inly sorrow gripes his soul.

Synonyms

* (complain) bitch, complain, whine

Noun

(en noun)

A complaint; a petty concern.

(nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.

(obsolete) grasp; clutch; grip

* Shakespeare

A barren sceptre in my gripe .

(obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.

the gripe of a sword

(engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress.

the gripe of poverty

(chiefly, in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

(nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

(nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.

(nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.

(obsolete) A vulture, Gyps fulvus ; the griffin.

* Shakespeare

Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.

(Webster 1913)

Derived terms

* gripe water ----