different between gripping vs distinguished

gripping

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 []

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distinguished

English

Etymology

  • From distinguish +? -ed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?t???w??t/
  • Hyphenation: dis?tin?guished

Adjective

distinguished (comparative more distinguished, superlative most distinguished)

  1. celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
    The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
  2. Having a dignified appearance or demeanor
    Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
  3. (mathematics) Specified, noted.
    Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.

Synonyms

  • (celebrated): eminent, exceptional, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:famous or Thesaurus:notable
  • (dignified appearance): grand, imposing
  • (specified):

Antonyms

  • mediocre

Translations

Verb

distinguished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of distinguish

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