This is just as pedantic as the jif v. gif. But I can't help myself.<p>If your going to claim to be authority on this at least provide some citations.<p>Windows has a tool called "Snipping Tool" which also went by the name "Clipping Tool" and "Snip *& Sketch". Of course we have the Print Screen key. [1]<p>Mac had a "Grab" app which dates back to NeXTSTEP. [2] So it is conceivable that someone would refer to it as a "screengrab". Personally I've never heard anyone say this.<p>I don't think either application used the term "screengrab".<p>Microsoft's own documentation [3] uses the term "screenshot" regardless of type (i.e. full window, rectangular area, etc.). Apple as well. [4]<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipping_Tool" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipping_Tool</a><p>[2] <a href="https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Grab" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Grab</a><p>[3] <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-snipping-tool-and-take-a-screenshot-a35ac9ff-4a58-24c9-3253-f12bac9f9d44" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-snipping-to...</a><p>[4] <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361</a>
I was looking for the etymology of these two terms which I had thought to be synonyms. As an avid screenshotter myself, I never knew the subtleties that differentiate it from screengrabbing...