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Hiccup vs Myoclonus - What's the difference?

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Myoclonus is a hyponym of hiccup.

Myoclonus is a hypernym of hiccup.



As nouns the difference between hiccup and myoclonus

is that hiccup is a spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound while myoclonus is the brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.

As a verb hiccup

is to have the hiccups.

hiccup

English

(wikipedia hiccup)

Alternative forms

* hickup * hiccough (old-fashioned)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
    • There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.
  • (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
  • * 2010 , Oli Smith, Nuclear Time (page 197)
    • Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.
  • A minor setback.
    • There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results

    Hypernyms

    * (spasm of the diaphragm) myoclonus

    See also

    * hiccups

    Verb

  • To have the hiccups.

    • myoclonus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia myoclonus)
  • (medicine) The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.

    • Hyponyms

    * hiccup * hypnic jerk

    Derived terms

    * myoclonia * myoclonic