Jolt vs Affliction - What's the difference?
jolt | affliction | Related terms |
To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency
To shock emotionally.
To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
An act of jolting.
A surprise or shock.
(slang) A long prison sentence.
(slang) A narcotic injection.
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
*1913 ,
*:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
Jolt is a related term of affliction.
As nouns the difference between jolt and affliction
is that jolt is an act of jolting while affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.As a verb jolt
is to push or shake abruptly and roughly.jolt
English
(wikipedia jolt)Verb
(en verb)- The bus jolted its passengers.
- Her untimely death jolted us all.
- The bus jolted along the stony path.