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Gripping vs Striking - What's the difference?

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Gripping is a related term of striking.


As adjectives the difference between gripping and striking

is that gripping is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating while striking is making a strong impression.

As verbs the difference between gripping and striking

is that gripping is while striking is .

As nouns the difference between gripping and striking

is that gripping is (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines) while striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck.

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

    striking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
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  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

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