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Shaky vs Quaver - What's the difference?

shaky | quaver |

As an adjective shaky

is shaking or trembling.

As a noun quaver is

a trembling shake.

As a verb quaver is

to shake in a trembling manner.

shaky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Shaking]] or [[tremble, trembling.
    • a shaky spot in a marsh
    a shaky hand
  • Nervous]]; [[anxious, Anxious.
    • He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half. }}
  • (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
    • shaky timber
  • * (seeCites2)
  • Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
    • a shaky constitution
    shaky business credit

    Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Derived terms

    * shakiness * shakycam

    quaver

    English

    (wikipedia quaver)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a trembling shake.
  • a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
  • (music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

    • Related terms

    * semiquaver * demisemiquaver * hemidemisemiquaver

    See also

    * breve * crotchet * longa * minim * semibreve

    Verb

  • to shake in a trembling manner.
  • to use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
  • To utter quaveringly.
  • * Addison
    • We shall hear her quavering them to some sprightly airs of the opera.