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Shivering vs Shuddered - What's the difference?

shivering | shuddered |

As verbs the difference between shivering and shuddered

is that shivering is present participle of lang=en while shuddered is past tense of shudder.

As a noun shivering

is the action of shivering.

shivering

English

Verb

(wikipedia shivering) (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of shivering.
  • * 1847 , Fleetwood Churchill, Robert M. Huston, The diseases of females: including those of pregnancy and childbed
    • Generally speaking, the attack does not involve more inconvenience than this; but in some cases there are shiverings and flushings, cough, loss of appetite, and pain in the right side...

    Anagrams

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    shuddered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shudder)

    • shudder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shivering tremor.
  • A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

    • Synonyms

    * (shivering tremor ): jiggle, quake, rumble, quiver * (frisson ): shiver, quiver, tingle, thrill

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shake nervously, as if from fear.
  • To vibrate jerkily.

    • Synonyms

    * (shake nervously ): palpitate, shiver, shake, quake * (vibrate jerkily ): flutter, jiggle, shake, wiggle

    See also

    * judder

    References