different between challenging vs gripping

English

Etymology

From Middle English chalengyng; equivalent to challenge +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æl?nd???/, /?t?æl?nd???/

Verb

challenging

1. present participle of challenge

Adjective

challenging (comparative more challenging, superlative most challenging)

1. Difficult, hard to do.

Antonyms

• unchallenging

Translations

Noun

challenging (plural challengings)

1. The act of making a challenge.
   • 1918, Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws (page 151)

     There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

See also

• challenge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??

Adjective

gripping (comparative more gripping, superlative most gripping)

1. Which catches someone's attention; exciting

   a gripping action film

   Synonyms: interesting, absorbing, fascinating

Verb

gripping

1. present participle of grip

Noun

gripping (plural grippings)

1. Obsolete form of griping. (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 […]