Quivered vs Trembled - What's the difference?
quivered | trembled |
(quiver)
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
Sheathed, as in a quiver.
(tremble)
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
As verbs the difference between quivered and trembled
is that quivered is past tense of quiver while trembled is past tense of tremble.As an adjective quivered
is furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.quivered
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(-)- Like a quivered nymph with arrows keen. — Milton.
- Whose quills stand quivered at his ear. — Pope.