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Wiggle vs Joggle - What's the difference?

wiggle | joggle |

As verbs the difference between wiggle and joggle

is that wiggle is (intransitive) to move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle while joggle is to shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.

As nouns the difference between wiggle and joggle

is that wiggle is a wiggling movement while joggle is (engineering) a step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.

wiggle

English

Verb

  • (intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.
    • Her hips wiggle as she walks.
    The jelly wiggle s on the plate when you move it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wiggling movement.
    • She walked with a sexy wiggle .
  • (in the plural)

    • Derived terms

    * get a wiggle on * wiggle room * wiggly English frequentative verbs

    joggle

    English

    Verb

    (joggl)
  • To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
  • To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
  • To jog or run while juggling.
  • (architecture) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
  • * Gwilt
    • The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (engineering) A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
  • (architecture) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.