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cotton on vs grok

grok vs cotton on

cotton on and grok both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cotton on No No Yes No
grok No No Yes No
As verbs, grok is a hypernym of cotton on; that is, grok is a word with a broader meaning than cotton on:
  • cotton on: understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  • grok: get the meaning of something
Other hypernyms of cotton on include apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy.
cotton on (verb) grok (verb)
understand, usually after some initial difficulty get the meaning of something
Difference between cotton on and grok

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