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Jiggle vs Earthquake - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between jiggle and earthquake

is that jiggle is a weak, shaking movement while earthquake is a shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

As a verb jiggle

is to shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle.

jiggle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a weak, shaking movement.
    • Give the key a jiggle and see if it opens.

    Verb

    (jiggl)
  • To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle.
    • Jiggle the handle and see if the water stops.
  • To shake, rattle, or wiggle.
    • The jelly jiggled in the bowl for a few moments after it was set down.

    Derived terms

    * jiggly

    earthquake

    English

    (wikipedia earthquake)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
    • 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.
  • * 2006 , Declan Walsh, The Guardian , 6 Oct 2006:
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * earthdin * quake * seism * temblor * terremote * tremblor * tremor

    Derived terms

    * earthquake-prone

    Related terms

    * moonquake * seaquake * starquake

    See also

    * aftershock * earthquake engineering * fault line * Richter scale * seismic * seismograph * seismologist * seismology * tremor * tsunami