Thrum vs Vibrate - What's the difference?
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To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
the ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
(chiefly in plural) a fringe made of such threads.
any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
(botany) a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
(botany) a tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
(anatomy) a bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
(nautical, chiefly in plural) small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
(nautical) a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
(mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
* Quarles
(nautical) to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
To move with small movements rapidly to and fro.
To resonate.
To brandish; to swing to and fro.
To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
* Holder
* Tennyson
The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
Thrum is a related term of vibrate.
As nouns the difference between thrum and vibrate
is that thrum is a thrumming sound; a hum or vibration also fig or thrum can be the ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut while vibrate is the setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.As verbs the difference between thrum and vibrate
is that thrum is to cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking or thrum can be to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe while vibrate is to move with small movements rapidly to and fro.thrum
English
Alternative forms
* thrumbEtymology 1
Imitative.Verb
- She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
- to thrum on a table
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m) from (etyl) and German Trumm.Noun
(en noun)Verb
- are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
- to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
vibrate
English
Verb
- Her mind vibrates with excitement.
- to vibrate a sword or a staff
- a pendulum vibrating seconds
- Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may impress a swift, tremulous motion.
- Star to star vibrates light.
Noun
(-)- Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.