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Tremble vs Sake - What's the difference?

tremble | sake |

As nouns the difference between tremble and sake

is that tremble is a shake, quiver, or vibration while sake is cause, interest or account.

As a verb tremble

is to shake, quiver, or vibrate.

tremble

English

Verb

  • To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
  • *
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shake, quiver, or vibration.
  • sake

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at soke, soken, seek.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cause, interest or account.
  • * For the sake of argument
  • Purpose or end; reason.
  • * For old times' sake
  • The benefit or regard of someone or something.
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  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake , and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
  • But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis,
  • (obsolete except in phrases) Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
  • * And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:17
  • Usage notes
    * The word sake is generally used in constructions of the form "for X's sake" or "for the sake of X", where X is a noun. (See the quotations above, for sake of, and for the sake of.) * Garner's Modern American Usage'' notes it is common to write an apostrophe rather than apostrophe–ess in this construction when the noun ends in an /s/ or /z/ sound: ''for appearance' sake, for goodness' sake .
    Derived terms
    * for Christ’s sake * for fuck's sake * for God’s sake * for heaven’s sake * for sake of * for the sake of * for the sake of it * keepsake

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , any alcoholic drink.

    Alternative forms

    * ', ' saki

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia)
  • (countable and uncountable) Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
  • Synonyms
    * rice wine

    See also

    * awamori * shochu

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