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Pulsation vs Throbbing - What's the difference?

pulsation | throbbing |

As nouns the difference between pulsation and throbbing

is that pulsation is the regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc in a living body; the pulse while throbbing is that which throbs.

As a verb throbbing is

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As an adjective throbbing is

beating or pounding strongly.

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.

    • Anagrams

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    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. }}