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Jolt vs Surprised - What's the difference?

jolt | surprised |

As verbs the difference between jolt and surprised

is that jolt is to push or shake abruptly and roughly while surprised is (surprise).

As a noun jolt

is an act of jolting.

As an adjective surprised is

caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

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

    surprised

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
  • Synonyms

    * astonished *

    Verb

    (head)
  • (surprise)
  • See also

    * shocked