Firm vs. Gritty — What's the Difference?

Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure

Gritty is the official mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers National Hockey League (NHL) team. He is a 7-foot (2.1 m) furry orange creature with googly eyes who wears Flyers gear.

Strongly felt and unlikely to change

Containing, covered with, or resembling grit.

Make more solid or resilient

Showing resolution and fortitude; plucky

In a resolute and determined manner

Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

A business concern, especially one involving a partnership of two or more people

Spirited; resolute; unyielding.

Resistant to externally applied pressure.

Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.

Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

Securely fixed in place

Spirited; resolute; unyielding.

Indicating or possessed of determination or resolution

Composed of or covered with relatively large particles;

Constant; steadfast

Willing to face danger

Not subject to change; fixed and definite

Unfluctuating; steady

Strong and sure

To make or become firm. Often used with up.

Without wavering; resolutely

A business enterprise.

An unincorporated business, particularly a partnership.

The name or designation under which a company transacts business.

A business partnership; the name under which it trades.

A business enterprise, however organized.

(slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)

Fixed (in opinion).

Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.

Durable, rigid (material state)

Firmly, steadily

(transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.

(transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.

(intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.

(intransitive) To improve after decline.

To shorten (of betting odds).

To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.

Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; - applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.

Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent.

Solid; - opposed to fluid; as, firm land.

Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.

The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.

To fix or direct with firmness.

Members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

Become taut or tauter;

Make taut or tauter;

Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable;

Not soft or yielding to pressure;

Strong and sure;

Not subject to revision or change;

(of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling;

Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall;

Securely established;

Marked by the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue;

Pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed;

Securely fixed in place;

Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause;

With resolute determination;