Concussion vs Quake - What's the difference?
concussion | quake | 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
A trembling]] or [[shake, shaking.
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
(lb) To tremble or shake.
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*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
To cause to tremble or shake.
:(Shakespeare)
Concussion is a related term of quake.
As nouns the difference between concussion and quake
is that concussion is a violent collision or shock while quake is a trembling]] or [[shake|shaking.As a verb quake is
(lb) to tremble or shake.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 ----quake
English
Noun
(en noun)- We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by .
- California is plagued by quakes ; there are a few minor ones almost every month .