Jiggle vs Agitate - What's the difference?
jiggle | agitate | Synonyms |
To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle.
To shake, rattle, or wiggle.
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
(rare) To move or actuate.
:(Thomson)
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
:(Boyle)
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Jiggle is a synonym of agitate.
As verbs the difference between jiggle and agitate
is that jiggle is to shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle while agitate is to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.As a noun jiggle
is a weak, shaking movement.jiggle
English
Verb
(jiggl)- Jiggle the handle and see if the water stops.
- The jelly jiggled in the bowl for a few moments after it was set down.
Derived terms
* jigglyagitate
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(agitat)- ``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.
- The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.