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Gripping vs Enthralling - What's the difference?

gripping | enthralling | Related terms |

Gripping is a related term of enthralling.


As adjectives the difference between gripping and enthralling

is that gripping is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating while enthralling is exciting.

As verbs the difference between gripping and enthralling

is that gripping is while enthralling is .

As a noun gripping

is (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines).

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

    enthralling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • exciting
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.}}

    Verb

    (head)