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Quaked vs Quaved - What's the difference?

quaked | quaved |

As verbs the difference between quaked and quaved

is that quaked is (quake) while quaved is (quave).

quaked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (quake)

    • 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 ----

    quaved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (quave)

    • quave

    English

    Verb

    (quav)
  • (obsolete) To quiver or tremble.
  • * 13?? , William Langland, Piers Plowman
    • The wal waggede and cleef, and al the world quaved .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shaking; trembling.