WordCmp.com

Graeco-Roman wrestling vs grappling

grappling vs Graeco-Roman wrestling

Graeco-Roman wrestling and grappling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Graeco-Roman wrestling Yes No No No
grappling Yes No No No
As nouns, grappling is a hypernym of Graeco-Roman wrestling; that is, grappling is a word with a broader meaning than Graeco-Roman wrestling:
  • Graeco-Roman wrestling: a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist
  • grappling: the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
Other hypernyms of Graeco-Roman wrestling include rassling, wrestling.
Graeco-Roman wrestling (noun) grappling (noun)
a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
Difference between Graeco-Roman wrestling and grappling

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.