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Palpitate vs Throbbing - What's the difference?

palpitate | throbbing |

As verbs the difference between palpitate and throbbing

is that palpitate is to beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart while throbbing is .

As an adjective throbbing is

beating or pounding strongly.

As a noun throbbing is

that which throbs.

palpitate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
    • When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
  • To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
    • The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
  • To shake tremulously
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=4 , I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}

    Synonyms

    * (to beat rapidly) flutter, pound, throb * (to shake tremulously) quiver, tremble, vibrate

    Derived terms

    * palpitant * palpitation

    throbbing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • beating or pounding strongly
    • I have a throbbing headache.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which throbs.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Jeff Hull, title=The Noises of Nature, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Krause’s “niche hypothesis” may seem more plausible after you’ve listened to his recordings of dense tropical jungles, polyphonous soundscapes packed with whistles and whinnies, whoops, hoots and howls, deep bass throbbings and shrieking buzzes. }}