Quake vs Spasm - What's the difference?
quake | spasm | 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)
As nouns the difference between quake and spasm
is that quake is a trembling or shaking while spasm is a sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.As verbs the difference between quake and spasm
is that quake is to tremble or shake while spasm is to produce and undergo a spasm.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 .