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Quaking vs Qualm - What's the difference?

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Quaking is a related term of qualm.


As nouns the difference between quaking and qualm

is that quaking is the action of the verb to quake while qualm is smoke.

As an adjective quaking

is that shakes or shivers.

As a verb quaking

is .

quaking

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of the verb to quake .

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • That shakes or shivers.

    • Derived terms

    * quaking aspen * quaking bog

    Verb

    (head)

    • qualm

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mortality; plague; pestilence.
  • A calamity or disaster.
  • A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
  • :* {{quote-web
    • , date=2012-08-25 , year= , first= , last= , author=Andy Pasztor , authorlink= , title=Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies , site=Wall Street Journal citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-08-26 , passage=Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements. }}
  • A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
  • A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.)

    • Synonyms

    * compunction * misgiving * scruple

    Derived terms

    * qualmish * qualmishly * qualmishness * qualmy