Grab vs. Squeeze — What's the Difference?

To take or grasp suddenly

To press hard on or together; compress

To capture or restrain; arrest.

To press gently, as in affection

To obtain or appropriate unscrupulously or forcibly

To exert pressure on, as by way of extracting liquid

To take hurriedly

To extract by applying pressure

(Slang) To capture the attention of

To extract or gain by intimidation or other pressure

To make a grasping or snatching motion

To pressure or intimidate (someone) to comply with a demand, as to make an extortion payment.

A sudden attempt to grasp or hold something

To obtain room for by pressure; cram

A sudden, often unscrupulous taking control or ownership of something

To manage to find time or space for

A mechanical device for gripping an object.

(Games) To force (an opponent) to use a potentially winning card in a trick that that opponent cannot take in bridge.

A usually two-masted, sharp-prowed coastal vessel of the Indian Ocean.

To cause (a run or base runner) to score on a squeeze play.

Relating or being an object or device that is grabbed or gripped for support or balance

To call as balls pitches thrown by (a pitcher) near the edges of the strike zone. Used of an umpire.

(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

To give way under pressure

(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

To exert pressure

To restrain someone; to arrest.

To force one's way

(transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.

The act or an instance of squeezing.

(informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.

A handclasp or brief embrace.

(informal) To consume something quickly.

An amount squeezed out

To take the opportunity of.

A group crowded together; a crush.

(countable) A sudden snatch at something.

Financial pressure caused by shortages or narrowing economic margins.

(countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.

Pressure or intimidation to comply with a demand, as to make an extortion payment

(countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

(Games) A forced discard of a potentially winning card in bridge.

A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

(Baseball) A squeeze play.

A sound bite.

(Slang) One's primary romantic partner or sweetheart.

(obsolete) That which is seized.

(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

(uncountable) A simple card game.

(transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.

A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.

A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

(transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.

A sudden grasp or seizure.

(transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.

An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; - specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.

To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.

A mechanical device for gripping an object

An instance of squeezing.

The act of catching an object with the hands;

A close or tight fit.

Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of;

(figuratively) A difficult position.

Get hold of or seize quickly and easily;

A hug or other affectionate grasp.

Make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand;

(slang) A romantic partner.

Obtain illegally or unscrupulously;

(slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.

Take or grasp suddenly;

(baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.

Capture the attention or imagination of;

(card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.

(caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.

A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.

(mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.

(dated) The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.

(dated) A bribe, fee, or extortionary price paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe or fee.

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.

Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.

To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.

To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; - often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.

The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.

A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.

The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.

Pressure or constraint used to force the making of a gift, concession, or the like; exaction; extortion; as, to put the squeeze on someone.

The act of gripping and pressing firmly;

A state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

A situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer;

(slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend;

A twisting squeeze;

An aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

A tight or amorous embrace;

The act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space;

To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

Press firmly;

Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;

To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

Obtain by coercion or intimidation;

Press or force;

Squeeze tightly between the fingers;

Hug, usually with fondness;

Squeeze or press together;