Grasping vs Groping - What's the difference?
grasping | groping |
Greedy, eager for wealth.
* 1990 , (Robert Fagles) (translator), The Iliad :
The act of one who grasps or covets.
* 2009 , Jed McKenna, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment
As verbs the difference between grasping and groping
is that grasping is while groping is .As nouns the difference between grasping and groping
is that grasping is the act of one who grasps or covets while groping is an act of groping; a grope.As an adjective grasping
is greedy, eager for wealth.grasping
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Just how, Agamemnon, great field marshal . . . most grasping man alive, how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? I know of no troves of treasure, piled, lying idle, anywhere.
Derived terms
* graspingly * graspingnessSynonyms
* See alsoVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings .