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Jolt vs Watt - What's the difference?

jolt | watt |

As nouns the difference between jolt and watt

is that jolt is an act of jolting while watt is in the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W.

As a verb jolt

is to push or shake abruptly and roughly.

As a proper noun Watt is

an English and Scottish surname derived from the given name Wat.

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

    watt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W
  • Derived terms

    * picowatt * nanowatt * microwatt * milliwatt * kilowatt * megawatt * gigawatt * terawatt

    See also

    * (wikipedia "watt")

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