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Shove vs Propel - What's the difference?

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Shove is a related term of propel.


As verbs the difference between shove and propel

is that shove is to push, especially roughly or with force while propel is to cause to move in a certain direction.

As a noun shove

is a rough push.

shove

English

Verb

(shov)
  • To push, especially roughly or with force.
  • *, chapter=12
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all}}
  • To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off .
  • * Garth
  • He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
  • To make an all-in bet.
  • (label) To pass (counterfeit money).
  • Derived terms

    * shover * shove off * shove-it * push and shove * shove ha'penny

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough push.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • I rested and then gave the boat another shove .
  • (poker slang) An all-in bet.
  • Derived terms

    * when push comes to shove

    propel

    English

    Verb

  • To cause to move in a certain direction.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter V
  • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
  • To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
  • * 2005 , .
  • I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,

    Synonyms

    * (either) drive, push

    Antonyms

    * (either) stay, halt, stop * (cause to move) rest

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