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Gripping vs Engrossing - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between gripping and engrossing

is that gripping is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating while engrossing is utterly consuming one's time and attention.

As verbs the difference between gripping and engrossing

is that gripping is present participle of lang=en while engrossing is present participle of engross.

As nouns the difference between gripping and engrossing

is that gripping is obsolete form of lang=en pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines while engrossing is the act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

gripping

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines)
  • * 1727 , Alexander Hamilton, A new account of the East Indies
    • The same Night it began to operate by Grippings and Sweating, and he being bred a Surgeon, took some Medicines to correct the Grippings, which in some Measure the Medicine did, but he lost his Appetite

    engrossing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Present participle of engross

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
    • an engrossing documentary

    Synonyms

    * absorbing * fascinating

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.