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Quake vs Trembling - What's the difference?

quake | trembling | Synonyms |

Quake is a synonym of trembling.


As nouns the difference between quake and trembling

is that quake is a trembling]] or [[shake|shaking while trembling is a tremble.

As verbs the difference between quake and trembling

is that quake is (lb) to tremble or shake while trembling is .

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 ----

    trembling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a tremble
  • Verb

    (head)