Jar vs Earthquake - What's the difference?
jar | earthquake | Related terms |
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
To knock or strike sharply.
To shock or surprise.
To look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly.
* Shakespeare:
* Roscommon:
To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.
* Spenser:
* Milton:
A shake.
A sense of alarm or dismay.
Discord, contention; quarrelling.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
* 1612 , John Smith, Proceedings , in Kupperman 1988, page 122:
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
* 2006 , Declan Walsh, The Guardian , 6 Oct 2006:
Jar is a related term of earthquake.
As an initialism jar
is (software|java).As a noun earthquake is
a shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.jar
English
(wikipedia jar)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* potDerived terms
* cookie jar * jam jar, jamjar * mason jar * spice jarEtymology 2
Unknown; perhaps imitative.Verb
- He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
- I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.
- The notes jarred on my ears.
- When such strings jar , what hope of harmony?
- A string may jar in the best master's hand.
- When those renowned noble peers Greece / Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar .
- For orders and degrees / Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Noun
(en noun)- He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...].
- To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell in England altered the governement and devolved the authoritie to the Lord De-la-ware.
Synonyms
* (knock sharply) (l)Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
* (l) ----earthquake
English
(wikipedia earthquake)Noun
(en noun)- Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
- Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.