different between inviting vs gripping

inviting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?va?t??/
  • Rhymes: -a?t??
  • Hyphenation: in?vit?ing

Adjective

inviting (comparative more inviting, superlative most inviting)

  1. Alluring; tempting; attractive.

Derived terms

Verb

inviting

  1. present participle of invite

Noun

inviting (plural invitings)

  1. invitation

References

  • inviting in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • inviting in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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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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