Grip vs. Hug

Gripverb

(transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.

Gripverb

(transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.

Gripverb

(intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.

Gripverb

To trench; to drain.

Gripnoun

A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.

Gripnoun

A handle or other place to grip.

Gripnoun

A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.

Gripnoun

A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.

Gripnoun

A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).

Gripnoun

A lot of something.

Gripnoun

archaic spelling of grippe|nodot=1: Influenza, flu.

Gripnoun

(archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.

Gripnoun

An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.

Gripnoun

Assistance; help or encouragement. en

Gripnoun

A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.

Gripnoun

(slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.

Gripnoun

(figurative) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.

Gripnoun

A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

Gripnoun

(dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.

Gripnoun

(obsolete) The griffin.

Gripnoun

The griffin.

Gripnoun

A small ditch or furrow.

Gripnoun

An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

Gripnoun

A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.

Gripnoun

That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

Gripnoun

A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

Gripnoun

Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.

Gripnoun

A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase.

Gripnoun

The influenza; grippe.

Gripverb

To trench; to drain.

Gripverb

To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

Gripnoun

the act of grasping;

Gripnoun

the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;

Gripnoun

a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes;

Gripnoun

the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

Gripnoun

worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

Gripnoun

a firm controlling influence;

Gripnoun

a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place;

Gripverb

hold fast or firmly;

Gripverb

to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match;

Gripverb

to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe;

Hugnoun

An affectionate close embrace.

Hugnoun

A particular grip in wrestling.

Hugverb

To crouch; huddle as with cold.

Hugverb

(intransitive) To cling closely together.

Hugverb

(transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

Hugverb

(transitive) To stay close to (the shore etc.)

Hugverb

To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

Hugverb

To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

Hugverb

To crowd together; to cuddle.

Hugverb

To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.

Hugverb

To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

Hugverb

To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.

Hugnoun

A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.

Hugnoun

a tight or amorous embrace;

Hugverb

hug, usually with fondness;

Hugverb

fit closely or tightly;

Hugverb

squeeze (someone) tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection

Hugverb

hold (something) closely or tightly round or against part of one's body

Hugverb

fit tightly round

Hugverb

keep close to

Hugverb

congratulate or be pleased with oneself

Hugverb

cherish or cling to (something such as a belief)

Hugnoun

an act of holding someone tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection

Hugnoun

a squeezing grip in wrestling.

Hug

A hug is a form of endearment, universal in human communities, in which two or more people put their arms around the neck, back, or waist of one another and hold each other closely. If more than two people are involved, it may be referred to as a group hug.