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Quake vs Succumb - What's the difference?

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Quake is a related term of succumb.


As verbs the difference between quake and succumb

is that quake is (lb) to tremble or shake while succumb is (lb) to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

As a noun quake

is a trembling]] or [[shake|shaking.

quake

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trembling]] or [[shake, shaking.
  • We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by .
  • An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
  • California is plagued by quakes ; there are a few minor ones almost every month .

    Verb

  • (lb) To tremble or shake.
  • :
  • *Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
  • *:She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.
  • *
  • *: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)
  • Derived terms

    * Quaker ----

    succumb

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 21 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury.}}
  • (lb) To give up, or give in.
  • (lb) To die.
  • Synonyms

    * (die) See also