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Shaking vs Jerking - What's the difference?

shaking | jerking |

As verbs the difference between shaking and jerking

is that shaking is while jerking is .

As nouns the difference between shaking and jerking

is that shaking is a movement that shakes while jerking is a motion that jerks; a jerk.

shaking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A movement that shakes.

    • jerking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motion that jerks; a jerk.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).