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Throb vs Thwonk - What's the difference?

throb | thwonk |

As a verb throb

is to pound or beat rapidly or violently.

As a noun throb

is a beating, vibration or palpitation.

As an interjection thwonk is

a thudding, throbbing noise.

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

    *

    thwonk

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A thudding, throbbing noise.