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Palpitation vs Pulsation - What's the difference?

palpitation | pulsation |

As nouns the difference between palpitation and pulsation

is that palpitation is an abnormal awareness of the beating of the heart while pulsation is the regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc in a living body; the pulse.

palpitation

English

(wikipedia palpitation)

Noun

(palpitations)
  • An abnormal awareness of the beating of the heart.

    • pulsation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
  • *1844 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Premature Burial’:
  • *:Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
  • Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
  • * Blackstone
    • By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.
  • A single beat, throb or vibration.

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