Cower vs Tremble - What's the difference?
cower | tremble | Related terms |
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
* Dryden
* Goldsmith
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
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As verbs the difference between cower and tremble
is that cower is {{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear while tremble is to shake, quiver, or vibrate.As a noun tremble is
a shake, quiver, or vibration.cower
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.Verb
(en verb)- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.