Concussion vs Jolt - What's the difference?
concussion | jolt | Related terms |
A violent collision or shock.
* Francis Bacon
An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
(legal, civil law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
* Daniel
To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency
To shock emotionally.
To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
An act of jolting.
A surprise or shock.
(slang) A long prison sentence.
(slang) A narcotic injection.
Concussion is a related term of jolt.
As nouns the difference between concussion and jolt
is that concussion is a violent collision or shock while jolt is an act of jolting.As a verb jolt is
to push or shake abruptly and roughly.concussion
English
Noun
(en noun)- It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
- Then concussion , rapine, pilleries, / Their catalogue of accusations fill.
Derived terms
* concussion fuse * concussion grenade ----jolt
English
(wikipedia jolt)Verb
(en verb)- The bus jolted its passengers.
- Her untimely death jolted us all.
- The bus jolted along the stony path.