Difference between Grasp and Range

What is the difference between Grasp and Range?

Grasp as a verb is to grip—to take hold, particularly with the hand. while Range as a verb is (followed by over) or to travel over (an area, etc) with a particular purpose.

Grasp

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grip—to take hold, particularly with the hand. To understand.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: grip understanding that which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability

Example sentence: I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it.

Range

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (followed by over) or To travel over (an area, etc) with a particular purpose.(mathematics, computing; followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.classify

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Line or series of mountains.Large fuel-burning stove.Selection, array. Eg: A range of cars.An area for practicing shooting at targets.# An area for military training or equipment testing.The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.# Maximum range of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.The defensive area that a player can cover.Compass - The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.

Example sentence: I've done 'Fox News Sunday' twice now. I'm happy to go on a range of shows.

We hope you now know whether to use Grasp or Range in your sentence.

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