What's the difference between grabbing and yanking?
Grabbing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grab
Example Sentences:
(1) During the couple's 30-year marriage she had twice reported him to the police for grabbing her by the throat, before they divorced in 2005.
(2) The ruling centre-right coalition government of Angela Merkel was dealt a blow by voters in a critical regional election on Sunday after the centre-left opposition secured a wafer-thin victory, setting the scene for a tension-filled national election in the autumn when everything will be up for grabs.
(3) Montreal also took advantage of the power play, as Tomas Vanek (again, another necessary scorer) grabbed one with the man advantage near the end of the second period to make it 3-0.
(4) Van Gaal argued that Huth had grabbed Fellaini’s considerable hair and claimed it ought to have been a penalty but the Football Association’s disciplinary department will surely take action.
(5) In a trailer shown Sunday for an upcoming documentary on state-run Rossiya-1 television called “Homeward bound”, Putin openly discusses Moscow’s controversial grabbing of Crimea a year ago.
(6) And also fear of the police because they weren't there and thinking any minute they could just run through and grab or hit anyone.
(7) One little boy grabbed me and pleaded with me, that the Jungle was not a good place, and he didn’t want to be there.” Last month, protesters staged a die-in at St Pancras station in London against plans to clear the area of the Jungle.
(8) The "fly on the wall" stuff is no more for the moment but, Andy, grab the opportunities when you can – a few years down the line when Cameron is on the lecture circuit and the rest of us are hanging up our cameras for good, you should have an unprecedented photographic record of a seat of power.
(9) Egypt • Morsi is due to meet senior judges to try to reach a compromise over the decree, viewed by many as a power grab.
(10) At that point I was grabbed by the Belgian secret service and slammed against the glass.
(11) I think the heart of good comedy really lives in truth and reacting to the absurdities, hypocrisies, abuses of power in the world.” Late night television is a no longer a glass of warm milk before bed, it’s a lunch buffet And as TV viewership declines and internet virality becomes as important as real-time eyeballs, cable networks might find that topical comedy is a smart, cost-effective way to grab cross-platform attention.
(12) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
(13) Latino Review has a track record of attention-grabbing scoops, though its accuracy has occasionally been called into question.
(14) He is the embodiment of the belief that money and power provide a licence to impose one’s will on others, whether that entitlement is expressed by grabbing women or grabbing the finite resources from a planet on the verge of catastrophic warming.
(15) Then King grabbed the podium and set his prepared text to his left.
(16) "At lunchtime, he would grab food from other children's plates and eat it, and that was a cause of concern for the school staff."
(17) The bomb threat tweet was sent to Freeman, the Europe editor of Time magazine, Catherine Mayer, and the Independent columnist Grace Dent, who took a screen grab of the tweet and posted it for her Twitter followers to see .
(18) Who knows, maybe it's not the worst thing in the world for the Eastern Conference to be completely up for grabs.
(19) A waiter grabbed a table cloth to use as a stretcher, but a photographer took the boy in his arms to carry him to the ambulance.
(20) As night fell, one teenager, Alex, who had slipped out of an independent school (she refused to say which one) was heading home, pausing only grab a flier advertising a "Snow Rave" for 16-18-year-olds.
Yanking
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yank
Example Sentences:
(1) First, I recapped Die Hard 2 – the insane cross-eyed Gizmo of the Die Hard world – a few months ago, and now I'm secretly determined to do the whole series before the Guardian film editors wise up and yank this feature from my warm, live hands.
(2) The Bombers have scored seven runs in four games, all losses, prompting manager Joe Girardi to answer “I don’t know” to the question of why the Yanks can’t hit.
(3) And as Neymar has begun to prosper at this World Cup he has been busy yanking things back.
(4) He yanks a few times on the starting cord of the outboard engine, and we sputter off into the bay towards our target – our progress in these sensitive waters observed by a police motorboat.
(5) he squeals as he yanks the calendar out of my hands.
(6) But the most worrying problem with rank and yank is it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(7) "A guy comes near my seat, shoves a badge that had some sort of a shield on it, yanks the Google Glass off my face and says 'Follow me outside immediately'," said the man, who was taken into a room for interrogation.
(8) The video, which was published by the New York Daily News , shows an officer putting his arm around Garner's neck and yanking him to the ground.
(9) Two years ago, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained was yanked from cinemas after censors claimed it showed scenes too violent for Chinese audiences.
(10) None of this means you should yank your cash out of your stock and bond investments and stick it into your bank account or under your mattress.
(11) "Can you explain to the Whining Yanks that they didn't have a goal disallowed in the match against Slovenia, since the referee clearly blew for what he perceived to be a foul before the ball had reached Edu and ended up in the back of the net," lectures Matt.
(12) Improper insertion techniques, unintentional yanking of the tail, or genital touching during sexual foreplay accounted for the 4 expulsions.
(13) He is toughest of all on himself: nearly 50 years on he is still mortified by his rhyming of "woman" with "human" in a song that got yanked from Anyone Can Whistle .
(14) Every day in the studio, Li’s untutored legs were yanked into stretches that tore his hamstrings.
(15) A curtain is yanked back and we get an insight into the chaos normally presented with supreme confidence.
(16) But you can't yank their reins half-heartedly, out of politeness; you can't kick them into action without their noticing.
(17) "USA are visibly growing in confidence and I wouldn't be surprised to see the Yanks score again before the night is out."
(18) Then, suddenly, a hand reached from within the carriage and yanked me inside.
(19) By yanking on the string, the pair were able to pull the trigger from 20ft away, successfully discharging a .380 caliber bullet.
(20) The Trump campaign has yanked advertising and staff out of Virginia, and major donors are pulling the plug.