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Gripping vs Entreating - What's the difference?

gripping | entreating |

As verbs the difference between gripping and entreating

is that gripping is present participle of lang=en while entreating is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective gripping

is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating.

As a noun gripping

is obsolete form of lang=en pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.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

    entreating

    English

    Verb

    (head)