'Grip' and 'Grab' What's the difference between Grip and Grab?Yesterday, I read a column which was written a phrase that is '~ Let the foot grip and grab as it was naturally mean to ~' down.I could ca

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'Grip' and 'Grab'

What's the difference between Grip and Grab?

Yesterday, I read a column which was written a phrase that is '~ Let the foot grip and grab as it was naturally mean to ~' down.

I could catch the phrase's meaning but couldn't understand their difference from each other by explanations in Japanese.

Please tell me easy way to understand that.

Nov 14, 2016 2:03 AM

Comments · 5

Grab means to take firmly, roughly, quickly and/ or casually. E.g. The burglar broke into my house and grabbed as many ornaments as he could. E.g. I grabbed a coffee on the way to work. To grip means to hold firmly e.g. I grabbed the flower pot as it started to fall off the table and then gripped it tightly to avoid dropping it.

November 14, 2016

Grab involves a component of quickly taking something. Grip makes me think of a climber on a rock: Don't lose your grip. To have a firm grip of a language means you speak it well. You can't grab a language insofar I know. My first English schoolbook was called "The Grip". A robber might yell to his companion: -Grab the money and run!

November 14, 2016

"Grab" implies a sudden, quick motion--for example, "the child grabbed the candy bar out of the other child's hand's."

"Grip" suggests a long, sustained, firm action. "When you finish a turn, keep your grip on the steering wheel; don't just let go and let the wheel turn itself back." "Grip the hammer near the end of the handle." "The wrestler could not break his opponent's grip."

November 14, 2016