An internal debate that has vexxed me for some months now. Still no satisfactory answer to date. Grift is suggestive of confidence games, and graft evocative of bribery or corruption. I suspect the two are as inbred as the mountain folks of West Virginia, though. Hard to have one without the other.
What the hell is the difference between grift and graft?
I'm not sure I know
I think I like this distintion. They overlap a little bit Graft seems to have a political bent. A Grifter is more like a Card Sharp.
Then again, Columbia School of Journalism pub. https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/grift-graft-etymology.php#:~:text=As%20M%2DW%20says%20in%20its,sense%20of%20the%20word%20graft.%E2%80%9D
An internal debate that has vexxed me for some months now. Still no satisfactory answer to date. Grift is suggestive of confidence games, and graft evocative of bribery or corruption. I suspect the two are as inbred as the mountain folks of West Virginia, though. Hard to have one without the other.
LOLOLOL.