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Wiggle vs Jostle - What's the difference?

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Wiggle is a related term of jostle.


As verbs the difference between wiggle and jostle

is that wiggle is (intransitive) to move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle while jostle is (ambitransitive) to bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.

As nouns the difference between wiggle and jostle

is that wiggle is a wiggling movement while jostle is an experience in which jostling occurs.

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

    jostle

    English

    Verb

    (jostl)
  • (ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
  • * Macaulay
    • Bullies jostled him.
  • * I. Taylor
    • Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other.
  • To move through by pushing and shoving.
  • To be close to or in physical contact with.
  • To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
  • (dated, slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An experience in which jostling occurs.
  • Being crowded or in a condition of jostling.