Quiver vs Jar - What's the difference?

quiver | jar |

As a noun quiver

is (weaponry) a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

As an adjective quiver

is (archaic) nimble, active.

As a verb quiver

is to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

As an initialism jar is

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quiver

English

(wikipedia quiver)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) quiver, from (etyl) quiveir, from (etyl) ).Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen , s.v. “Köcher” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005). Replaced early modern (etyl) cocker. More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

* 1598 , William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing , Act I, Scene I, line 271:

Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.

* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 39:

Arrows were carried in quiver , called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle.

(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.

He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver .

(obsolete)

Shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion.

(mathematics) A multidigraph.

References

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , from (etyl) *cwifer

Adjective

(en adjective)

(archaic) Nimble, active.

* 1598 , William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II , Act III, Scene II, line 281:

there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) quiveren, probably from the adjective.

Verb

(en verb)

To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

* 1593 , William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus , Act II, Scene III, line 12:

The birds chaunt melody on every bush, / The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun, / The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind / And make a checker'd shadow on the ground.

* Addison

And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.

jar

English

(wikipedia jar)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

Synonyms

* pot

Derived terms

* cookie jar * jam jar, jamjar * mason jar * spice jar

Etymology 2

Unknown; perhaps imitative.

Verb

To knock or strike sharply.

He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.

To shock or surprise.

I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.

To look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly.

The notes jarred on my ears.

* Shakespeare:

When such strings jar , what hope of harmony?

* Roscommon:

A string may jar in the best master's hand.

To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.

* Spenser:

When those renowned noble peers Greece / Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar .

* Milton:

For orders and degrees / Jar not with liberty, but well consist.

Noun

(en noun)

A shake.

A sense of alarm or dismay.

Discord, contention; quarrelling.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:

He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...].

* 1612 , John Smith, Proceedings , in Kupperman 1988, page 122:

To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell in England altered the governement and devolved the authoritie to the Lord De-la-ware.

Synonyms

* (knock sharply) (l)

Derived terms

* (l)

Anagrams

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