Grappling vs. Wrestle: What's the Difference?

See grapple.

To try to throw or immobilize another person, especially by gripping with the hands.

(Nautical) See grapnel.

To engage in the sport of wrestling.

(gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.

To struggle to move or control something with the hands

A grappling hook or grappling iron.

To struggle in trying to manage, control, or deal with something

A small anchor; a grapnel.

To try to throw or immoblize (someone); wrestle with

Present participle of grapple

To take part in a wrestling match with (someone).

A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.

To take part in (a wrestling match).

A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.

To move or lift with great effort and force

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;

To taken (something) away from another by gripping and pulling

Taking the bull by the horns

To throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.

The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

The act or a bout of wrestling.

A struggle

A wrestling bout.

A struggle.

(intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest

(intransitive) To struggle or strive

(transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone

(transitive) To move or lift something with difficulty

(transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it

(transitive) To fight.

To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.

To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;

Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force;

Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate;

To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);

Engage in a wrestling match;