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Volley vs Quiver - What's the difference?

volley | quiver |

In intransitive terms the difference between volley and quiver

is that volley is to be fired in a volley while quiver is to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

As nouns the difference between volley and quiver

is that volley is the simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired while quiver is a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

As verbs the difference between volley and quiver

is that volley is to fire a volley of shots while quiver is to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

As an adjective quiver is

nimble, active.

volley

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired
  • * Milton
    • Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew.
  • * Byron
    • Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=30 citation , passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}
  • A burst or emission of many things at once.
    • a volley of words
    (Ben Jonson)
    (Alexander Pope)
  • (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces
  • (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=John Sinnott , title=Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley .}}
  • (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fire a volley of shots
  • (sports) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=May 14 , author=Peter Scrivener , title=Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club. }}
  • To be fired in a volley
  • (sports) To make a volley

    • Derived terms

    * half volley * scorpion volley * volleyball

    Anagrams

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    quiver

    English

    (wikipedia quiver)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) quiver, from (etyl) quiveir, from (etyl) ).Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen , s.v. “Köcher” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005). Replaced early modern (etyl) cocker. More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
  • * 1598 , William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing , Act I, Scene I, line 271:
    • Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 39:
    • Arrows were carried in quiver , called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle.
  • (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
    • He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver .
  • (obsolete)
  • Shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion.
  • (mathematics) A multidigraph.

    • References

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) *cwifer

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Nimble, active.
  • * 1598 , William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II , Act III, Scene II, line 281:
    • there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) quiveren, probably from the adjective.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
  • * 1593 , William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus , Act II, Scene III, line 12:
    • The birds chaunt melody on every bush, / The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun, / The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind / And make a checker'd shadow on the ground.
  • * Addison
    • And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.