Pulse vs Pulsate - What's the difference?
pulse | pulsate |
(physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.
A beat or throb.
* (rfdate) Tennyson
* (rfdate) Burke
(music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music.
An autosoliton.
To beat, to throb, to flash.
To flow, particularly of blood.
To emit in discrete quantities.
Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals.
to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat
to quiver, vibrate, thrill
to produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity
As verbs the difference between pulse and pulsate
is that pulse is to beat, to throb, to flash while pulsate is to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.As a noun pulse
is a normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.pulse
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . For spelling, the -e'' (on ''-lse ) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.Noun
(en noun)- the measured pulse of racing oars
- When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke.
See also
* beat * (Physiology) arrhythmia, blood pressure, heartbeat * (Music) meter, tempoVerb
- In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light.
- Hot blood pulses through my veins.