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Juggle vs Multitask - What's the difference?

juggle | multitask |

As verbs the difference between juggle and multitask

is that juggle is to manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well while multitask is to schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.

As a noun juggle

is juggling To throw and catch each prop at least twice, as a opposed to a flash.

juggle

English

Verb

(juggl)
  • To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.
  • She can juggle flaming torches.
  • To handle or manage many tasks at once.
  • He juggled home, school, and work for two years.
  • (ambitransitive) To deceive by trick or artifice.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Is't possible the spells of France should juggle / Men into such strange mysteries?
  • * Shakespeare
  • Be these juggling fiends no more believed.

    Derived terms

    * juggler * jugglery * juggling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (juggling) To throw and catch each prop at least twice, as a opposed to a .
  • See also

    * too many balls in the air

    multitask

    English

    Verb

  • (label) To schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
  • To handle multiple tasks at once.
  • See also

    * multishirk * (wikipedia "multitask") * (Human multitasking) * (Computer multitasking)