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Thrill vs Tremor - What's the difference?

thrill | tremor |

As nouns the difference between thrill and tremor

is that thrill is a trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion while tremor is tremor.

As a verb thrill

is (ergative) to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.

thrill

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
  • * 1937 , Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Walt Disney:
    • One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
  • * M. Arnold
    • vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the reader with sudden delight
  • * Spenser
    • The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled , / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
  • (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
  • (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
  • * Spenser
    • He pierced through his chafed chest / With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
  • (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
  • * Heywood
    • I'll thrill my javelin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill .}}
  • A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
  • (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
  • A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

    • Derived terms

    * cheap thrill * thrill kill / thrill killing * thrill killer * thrilly

    tremor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tremour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shake, quiver, or vibration.
    • She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.
  • An earthquake.
    • Did you feel the tremor this morning?

    Verb

  • To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.

    • Derived terms

    * tremorous * tremorously

    Related terms

    * tremble * tremblor