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Jolt vs Flinch - What's the difference?

jolt | flinch |

As verbs the difference between jolt and flinch

is that jolt is to push or shake abruptly and roughly while flinch is to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.

As nouns the difference between jolt and flinch

is that jolt is an act of jolting while flinch is a reflexive jerking away.

jolt

English

(wikipedia jolt)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
    • The bus jolted its passengers.
  • 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.
    • Her untimely death jolted us all.
  • To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
    • The bus jolted along the stony path.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of jolting.
  • A surprise or shock.
  • (slang) A long prison sentence.
  • (slang) A narcotic injection.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (prison sentence) bit

    flinch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A reflexive jerking away.
    • My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.

    Verb

  • To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.
  • * John Locke
    • A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.
  • To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
  • To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

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