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Griped vs Demanded - What's the difference?

griped | demanded |

As verbs the difference between griped and demanded

is that griped is (gripe) while demanded is (demand).

griped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gripe)

    • 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 ----

    demanded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (demand)

    • Anagrams

    *

    demand

    English

    Alternative forms

    * demaund, demaunde (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The desire to purchase goods and services.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand' for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the ' demand .}}
  • (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
  • A need.
  • A claim for something.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • A requirement.
  • An urgent request.
  • An order.
  • (electricity supply) A measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

    • Usage notes

    One can also make demands on someone. * See for uses and meaning of demand collocated with these words.

    Synonyms

    * (a requirement) imposition

    Derived terms

    * demand-driven * in demand * on demand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To request forcefully.
  • To claim a right to something.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
  • To ask forcefully for information.
  • To require of someone.
  • (legal) To issue a summons to court.

    • Synonyms

    * * (ask strongly)

    Anagrams

    * * English control verbs English reporting verbs