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Shudder vs Fumble - What's the difference?

shudder | fumble |

In intransitive terms the difference between shudder and fumble

is that shudder is to vibrate jerkily while fumble is to blunder uncertainly.

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

    fumble

    English

    Verb

    (fumbl)
  • (intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
    • Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
    He fumbled the key into the lock.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post.}}
  • (intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
    • He fumbled for his keys.
    He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
  • * Fielding
    • Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
  • To blunder uncertainly.
    • He fumbled through his prepared speech.
  • To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
    • to fumble for an excuse
  • * Chesterfield
    • My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles .
  • * Wordsworth
    • Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
  • (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
  • To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped