Throb vs Trill - What's the difference?

Throb is a related term of trill.

In lang=en terms the difference between throb and trill

is that throb is to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm while trill is to impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.

As verbs the difference between throb and trill

is that throb is to pound or beat rapidly or violently 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.

As nouns the difference between throb and trill

is that throb is a beating, vibration or palpitation 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.

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

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 ----