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Jiggle vs Quake - What's the difference?

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Jiggle is a related term of quake.


As nouns the difference between jiggle and quake

is that jiggle is a weak, shaking movement while quake is a trembling]] or [[shake|shaking.

As verbs the difference between jiggle and quake

is that jiggle is to shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle while quake is (lb) to tremble or shake.

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

    quake

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trembling]] or [[shake, shaking.
    • We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by .
  • An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
    • California is plagued by quakes ; there are a few minor ones almost every month .

    Verb

  • (lb) To tremble or shake.
  • :
  • *Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
  • *:She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.
  • *
  • *:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
  • To cause to tremble or shake.
  • :(Shakespeare)

    • Derived terms

    * Quaker ----