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Unwatchable vs Gripping - What's the difference?

unwatchable | gripping |

As adjectives the difference between unwatchable and gripping

is that unwatchable is that cannot be watched; that does not bear watching while gripping is catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating.

As a verb gripping is

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As a noun gripping is

(pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines).

unwatchable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That cannot be watched; that does not bear watching.
  • * 2002 , Anton La Guardia, War Without End
    • The heart-wrenching, unwatchable footage of his death on September 30, 2000 shows him cowering in terror as his father tries vainly to shield him...
  • * 2003 , Seth Godin, Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
    • His first movies were so gross, most people consider them unwatchable .

    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