different between gripping vs superthriller

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

Etymology

super- +? thriller

Noun

superthriller (plural superthrillers)

1. (informal) A particularly gripping or ambitious thriller.
   • 1981, Arnaud De Borchgrave, Robert Moss, The Spike

     THE SPIKE is the acclaimed bestselling superthriller of today-but it may be the frightening reality of tomorrow.

   • 1989, Colin Mackerras, Western images of China

     One popular novel, which its publisher presents as a 'shattering superthriller of ultimate high-finance global warfare'...