different between gripping vs ripping

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 […]

English

Pronunciation

Verb

ripping

1. present participle of rip

Adjective

ripping

1. That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
2. (dated, slang) Excellent.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:

     And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

Noun

ripping (countable and uncountable, plural rippings)

1. The process of copying audio or video content from a CD, DVD, etc. to a hard disk.
2. (woodworking) Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
3. (Australia) The process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.
4. (bodybuilding) The use of diet and exercise to reduce body fat and emphasize muscle mass.

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