Throttle vs Querk - What's the difference?
throttle | querk |
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
The windpipe or trachea.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
To strangle or choke someone.
* Milton
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
* Shakespeare
In lang=en terms the difference between throttle and querk
is that throttle is to utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated while querk is to grunt; moan.As verbs the difference between throttle and querk
is that throttle is to cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc) while querk is to throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.As a noun throttle
is a valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.throttle
English
(wikipedia throttle)Etymology 1
From (etyl) *. More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- (Sir Walter Scott)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(throttl)- Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck.
- Throttle their practised accent in their fears.
