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Jolt vs Trauma - What's the difference?

jolt | trauma | Synonyms |

Jolt is a synonym of trauma.


As nouns the difference between jolt and trauma

is that jolt is an act of jolting while trauma is .

As a verb jolt

is to push or shake abruptly and roughly.

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

    trauma

    English

    (wikipedia trauma)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
  • An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.}}
  • An event that causes great distress.
  • Derived terms

    * traumatism * traumatise/traumatize * trauma incidence reduction