Shakes vs Shaker - What's the difference?
shakes | shaker |
(en-plural noun)
(plurale tantum) A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the .
A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
A variety of pigeon.
One who holds railroad spikes while they are hammered.
A musical percussion instrument filled with granular solids which produce a rhythmic sound when shaken.
As nouns the difference between shakes and shaker
is that shakes is plural of lang=en while shaker is a person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.As a verb shakes
is third-person singular of shake.shakes
English
Noun
(head)- [Recovering video game addicts] also have sleep disorders, the shakes and numbness in their hands. [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/china_net_addicts/]
- When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes . [http://apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddiction]