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Handshake vs Gripping - What's the difference?

handshake | gripping |

As nouns the difference between handshake and gripping

is that handshake is the grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement while gripping is (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines).

As an adjective gripping is

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

As a verb gripping is

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handshake

English

(wikipedia handshake)

Noun

  • The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
  • (computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.

    • Related terms

    * to shake hands * shake on it

    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