Throb vs Thump - What's the difference?

In intransitive terms the difference between throb and thump

is that throb is to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm while thump is to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.

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

thump

English

Noun

(en noun)

a blow that produces a muffled sound

* Tatler

The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.

the sound of such a blow; a thud

Verb

(en verb)

To hit (someone or something) as if to make a .

* (William Shakespeare)

These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd .

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 19, author=Jonathan Stevenson, work=BBC

, title= Leeds 1-3 Arsenal , passage=Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit.}}

To thud or pound.

To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}