What is the difference between Grip and Gripe?




What is the difference between Grip and Gripe? :


Grip : (noun)

( 1 ) Firm hold, action of griping

He took a grip on the rope.

I released my grip and he ran away.


( 2 ) Way of power of gripping

Tyres give good grip on the road.


( 3 ) Force that disables

People are in the grip of disease.



Grip : (verb)

( 1 ) Take and keep a firm hold of something / someone

The little boy gripped his mother’s hand.



( 2 ) Seize attention, imagination of something

Children were gripped by fear.

The audience was gripped by the play.



Gripe : (verb)

( 1 ) Feel or cause sudden sharp pain in the stomach or intestines

She has a gripping pain in the stomach.

Take this medicine when your stomach gripes.


( 2 ) Complain about something / someone

Grumble habitually

He keeps griping about having no money.











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