different between grappling vs wrestling

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: gr?p?(?-)l?ng, IPA^(key): /???æp(?)l??/
• Rhymes: -æpl??, -æp?l??
• Hyphenation: grap?pling

Noun

grappling (plural grapplings)

1. (gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
2. A grappling hook or grappling iron.
3. A small anchor; a grapnel.

Synonyms

• handygripes (obsolete)

Translations

Verb

grappling

1. present participle of grapple

English

Etymology

From late Old English wræstlunge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s.l?.??/, /???s.l??/

Verb

wrestling

1. present participle of wrestle

Noun

wrestling (countable and uncountable, plural wrestlings)

1. A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
2. A professional tumbling act that emulates the sport of wrestling. Also called "professional wrestling". It is distinguished from sport wrestling — which has strict internationally recognized rules and is conducted on a mat — by being scripted, rehearsed, conducted in a boxing ring rather than on a mat, and televised as entertainment.
3. (countable) The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
   • 1863, Jean Ingelow, Poems, "Honors"

     I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow […]

Translations

See also

• clench
• hold
• counter
• on the ropes
• on the canvas
• on the mat
• ring
• sumo, kanjin-sumo

Polish

Etymology

From English wrestling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.stl?ink/

Noun

wrestling m inan

1. professional wrestling

Declension

Further reading

• wrestling in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• wrestling in Polish dictionaries at PWN