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Throb vs Heartbeat - What's the difference?

throb | heartbeat |

As nouns the difference between throb and heartbeat

is that throb is a beating, vibration or palpitation while heartbeat is one pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.

As a verb throb

is to pound or beat rapidly or violently.

throb

English

Verb

(throbb)
  • To pound or beat rapidly or violently
  • To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
  • # (of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

    • Derived terms

    * throbbingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beating, vibration or palpitation
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs , presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country}}

    Derived terms

    * throbber * heartthrob

    Anagrams

    *

    heartbeat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
    • The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain
    ''He alone gives me such heartbeats
  • The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator
    • ''If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!
  • A driving impulse or vital force.
    • Music is the heartbeat of the people.
  • A very short space of time; an instant.
    • The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat .
  • (computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.

    • Synonyms

    * (rhythm at which a heart pulsates) pulse

    Derived terms

    * in a heartbeat