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Throttle vs Thrust - What's the difference?

throttle | thrust |

In transitive terms the difference between throttle and thrust

is that throttle is to utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated while thrust is to push or drive with force; to shove.

In intransitive terms the difference between throttle and thrust

is that throttle is to breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated while thrust is to enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

throttle

Etymology 1

From (etyl) *. More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (Sir Walter Scott)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (throttl)
  • To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
  • To strangle or choke someone.
  • * Milton
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Throttle their practised accent in their fears.

    thrust

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
  • Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
  • A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
  • The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
  • The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
  • Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
  • (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
  • Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.

    Synonyms

    * (push, stab, or lunge forward ): break, dart, grab * (force generated by propulsion ): lift, push * (primary effort or goal ): focus, gist, point

    Verb

  • (lb) To make advance with .
  • :
  • (lb) To something upon someone.
  • :
  • (lb) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • (lb) To push or drive with force; to shove.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Into a dungeon thrust , to work with slaves.
  • (lb) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:And thrust between my father and the god.
  • To stab; to pierce; usually with through .
  • Synonyms

    * (advance with force) attack, charge, rush * (force upon someone) compel, charge, force * (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully) dart, reach, stab