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Gripping vs Ripping - What's the difference?

gripping | ripping |

As adjectives the difference between gripping and ripping

is that gripping is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating while ripping is that rips, or can be removed by ripping.

As verbs the difference between gripping and ripping

is that gripping is while ripping is .

As nouns the difference between gripping and ripping

is that gripping is (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines) while ripping is process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk.

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

    ripping

    English

    (wikipedia ripping)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
  • (dated, slang) Excellent.

    • Noun

  • Process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk.
  • Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
  • (AU) Process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.