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Shudder vs Trill - What's the difference?

shudder | trill |

In lang=en terms the difference between shudder and trill

is that shudder is to vibrate jerkily while trill is to impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.

As nouns the difference between shudder and trill

is that shudder is a shivering tremor while trill is (music) a rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.

As verbs the difference between shudder and trill

is that shudder is to shake nervously, as if from fear while trill is to create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

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

    trill

    English

    (Trill consonant)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
  • (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation, for example, Spanish rr .

    • Derived terms

    * trilly

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
  • * Dryden
    • To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.
  • To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
    • to trill a note, or the letter r
  • * Thomson
    • The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.
  • (obsolete) To trickle.
  • *, II.30:
  • *:I come now from seeing of a shepheard at Medoc who had no signe at all of genitorie parts: But where they should be, are three little holes, by which his water doth continually tril from him.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And now and then an ample tear trilled down / Her delicate cheek.
  • * Glover
    • Whispered sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.

    Derived terms

    * triller ----