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Bounce vs Quiver - What's the difference?

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Bounce is a related term of quiver.


In lang=en terms the difference between bounce and quiver

is that bounce is to cause to move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly while quiver is to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between bounce and quiver

is that bounce is (archaic) to boast; to bluster while quiver is (archaic) nimble, active.

As verbs the difference between bounce and quiver

is that bounce is to change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle while quiver is to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

As nouns the difference between bounce and quiver

is that bounce is a change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle while quiver is (weaponry) a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

As an adjective quiver is

(archaic) nimble, active.

bounce

English

(wikipedia bounce)

Verb

(bounc)
  • To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
    • The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
  • To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
    • He bounces nervously on his chair.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=May 13 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Black Cats contributed to their own downfall for the only goal when Titus Bramble, making his first appearance since Boxing Day, and Michael Turner, let Phil Jones' cross bounce across the six-yard box as Rooney tucked in at the back post.}}
  • To cause to move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
    • He bounced the child on his knee.
  • To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
    • She bounced into the room.
  • To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
    • We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced .
  • (informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
    • He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
  • (slang) To leave.
    • Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce .
  • (US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
  • (intransitive, slang, African American Vernacular English) (sometimes employing the preposition with ) To have sexual intercourse.
  • (air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
    • The squadron was bounced north of the town.
  • (electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset
    • See if it helps to bounce the router.
  • (intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.
    • What’s your new email address – the old one bounces .
    The girl in the bar told me her address is thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me.
  • (aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
    • The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.
  • (slang, dated) To bully; to scold.
  • (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Out bounced the mastiff.
  • (archaic) To boast; to bluster.

    • Synonyms

    * (change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) bounce back, rebound * (move quickly up and down) bob

    Derived terms

    * bounceable * bounce back, bounceback * bouncedown * bouncer * bounce rate * bouncing * bouncy * debounce

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 9, author=Owen Phillips, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , passage=Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.}}
  • A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
  • An email return with any error.
  • The sack, licensing.
  • A bang, boom.
  • * 1773 , (Oliver Goldsmith),
    • I don't value her resentment the bounce of a cracker.
  • A drink based on brandy(w).
  • * , chapter=6
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}
  • A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
  • * Dryden
    • The bounce burst open the door.
  • Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
    • (Johnson)
    (De Quincey)
  • Scyllium catulus , a European dogfish.
  • A genre of New Orleans music.
  • (slang, African American Vernacular English) Drugs.
  • (slang, African American Vernacular English) Swagger.
  • (slang, African American Vernacular English) A 'good' beat.
  • (slang, African American Vernacular English) A talent for leaping.

    • Synonyms

    * (change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) rebound * (movement up and down) bob, bobbing (repeated), bouncing (repeated) * (talent for leaping) ups, mad ups

    Derived terms

    * bouncy * on the bounce English ergative verbs

    quiver

    English

    (wikipedia quiver)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) quiver, from (etyl) quiveir, from (etyl) ).Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen , s.v. “Köcher” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005). Replaced early modern (etyl) cocker. More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
  • * 1598 , William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing , Act I, Scene I, line 271:
    • Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 39:
    • Arrows were carried in quiver , called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle.
  • (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
    • He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver .
  • (obsolete)
  • Shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion.
  • (mathematics) A multidigraph.

    • References

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) *cwifer

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Nimble, active.
  • * 1598 , William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II , Act III, Scene II, line 281:
    • there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) quiveren, probably from the adjective.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
  • * 1593 , William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus , Act II, Scene III, line 12:
    • The birds chaunt melody on every bush, / The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun, / The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind / And make a checker'd shadow on the ground.
  • * Addison
    • And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.