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Jerking vs Pulling - What's the difference?

jerking | pulling |

As verbs the difference between jerking and pulling

is that jerking is while pulling is .

As nouns the difference between jerking and pulling

is that jerking is a motion that jerks; a jerk while pulling is the act by which something is pulled.

jerking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motion that jerks; a jerk.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).

    pulling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is pulled.