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Gripping vs Squeezing - What's the difference?

gripping | squeezing |

As verbs the difference between gripping and squeezing

is that gripping is while squeezing is .

As nouns the difference between gripping and squeezing

is that gripping is (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines) while squeezing is the act of pressing; compression.

As an adjective gripping

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

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

    squeezing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pressing; compression.
  • * 2004 , Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual
    • Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings , picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.