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Wobble vs Jobble - What's the difference?

wobble | jobble |

As verbs the difference between wobble and jobble

is that wobble is to move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro while jobble is to wobble.

As a noun wobble

is an unsteady motion.

wobble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An unsteady motion.
    • The fat man walked down the street with a wobble .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.}}
  • A tremulous sound.
    • There was a wobble on her high notes.
  • (music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep

    • Synonyms

    * (unsteady motion ): jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble * (tremulous sound ): quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato

    Verb

    (wobbl)
  • To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
  • To tremble or quaver.
  • To vacillate in one's opinions.
  • To cause to wobble.

    • Synonyms

    * (move with an uneven or rocking motion ): judder, shake, shudder, tremble * (quaver ): quaver, quiver, tremble * (vacillate ): falter, vacillate, waffle, waver * (cause to wobble ): jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle

    Derived terms

    * wobbler * wobbly

    jobble

    English

    Verb

    (jobbl)
  • To wobble.
  • * 1852 , Hunt's Yachting Magazine (volume 1, page 347)
    • At Malta there was a race between little sailing-boats; one boy slung his ballast under the thwart of his boat; there was a slight tumble in the sea; the boat jobbled up and down, but forged away from all the rest and won the race.
  • * 2007 , Richard Hall, Long George Alley (page 20)
    • Miss Mamie Lee had a big belly that jobbled when she laughed.