Quake vs Shudder - What's the difference?
quake | shudder | Synonyms |
A trembling]] or [[shake, shaking.
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
(lb) To tremble or shake.
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*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
To cause to tremble or shake.
:(Shakespeare)
Quake is a synonym of shudder.
As nouns the difference between quake and shudder
is that quake is a trembling]] or [[shake|shaking while shudder is a shivering tremor.As verbs the difference between quake and shudder
is that quake is (lb) to tremble or shake while shudder is to shake nervously, as if from fear.quake
English
Noun
(en noun)- We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by .
- California is plagued by quakes ; there are a few minor ones almost every month .