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Grip vs Strap - What's the difference?

grip | strap |

In lang=en terms the difference between grip and strap

is that grip is to do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief while strap is to sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between grip and strap

is that grip is (slang) as much as one can hold in a hand; a handful while strap is (slang) a gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.

As verbs the difference between grip and strap

is that grip is to take hold of, particularly with the hand while strap is to beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.

As nouns the difference between grip and strap

is that grip is a hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand or grip can be (dialectal) a small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain or grip can be (obsolete) the griffin while strap is a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

grip

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) grippan, from a (etyl) , whence English gripe. See also (l).

Verb

(gripp)
  • To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • By and by fumes of brandy began to fill the air, and climb to where I lay, overcoming the mouldy smell of decayed wood and the dampness of the green walls. It may have been that these fumes mounted to my head, and gave me courage not my own, but so it was that I lost something of the stifling fear that had gripped me, and could listen with more ease to what was going forward
  • To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
  • To trench; to drain.
  • Etymology 2

    An amalgam of (etyl) (cognate with Swedish ''grepp ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
  • A handle or other place to grip.
  • A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
  • (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  • A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
  • A lot of something.
  • : Influenza, flu.
  • (archaic) A small travelling-bag.
  • Assistance; help or encouragement.
  • A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
  • (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
  • (figurative) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip . Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
  • A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) grip, grippe, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
  • (Ray)
    Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 4

    (etyl) (lena) grypus, gryphus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The griffin.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    strap

    English

    (wikipedia strap)

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.}}
  • A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
  • * (rfdate) Addison:
  • A lively cobbler that had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap .
  • Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
  • A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
  • A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
  • # (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
  • # (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
  • (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
  • (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
  • A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
  • (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
  • Derived terms

    * boot strap * shawl strap * stirrup strap * strapless * strap beam

    Verb

  • To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
  • To fasten or bind with a strap.
  • To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
  • Derived terms

    * strap on a pair * strap-on

    Anagrams

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