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Pulsate vs Throb - What's the difference?

pulsate | throb |

As verbs the difference between pulsate and throb

is that pulsate is to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat while throb is to pound or beat rapidly or violently.

As a noun throb is

a beating, vibration or palpitation.

pulsate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat
  • to quiver, vibrate, thrill
  • to produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, pulsatile , pulsation , pulsator , pulsatory}}

    Related terms

    * pulsar

    throb

    English

    Verb

    (throbb)
  • To pound or beat rapidly or violently
  • To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
  • # (of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

    • Derived terms

    * throbbingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beating, vibration or palpitation
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs , presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country}}

    Derived terms

    * throbber * heartthrob

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