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Shivering vs Shuddering - What's the difference?

shivering | shuddering |

As verbs the difference between shivering and shuddering

is that shivering is while shuddering is .

As nouns the difference between shivering and shuddering

is that shivering is the action of shivering while shuddering is an extended or continuous shudder.

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...

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    shuddering

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extended or continuous shudder.