Zap vs Jolt - What's the difference?
zap | jolt |
(colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
(colloquial) An electrical shock.
To make a zapping sound.
To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
To delete or discard (electronic media).
To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
Representing the sound or action of a zap.
To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency
To shock emotionally.
To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
An act of jolting.
A surprise or shock.
(slang) A long prison sentence.
(slang) A narcotic injection.
As nouns the difference between zap and jolt
is that zap is peg, pin, spigot while jolt is an act of jolting.As a verb jolt is
to push or shake abruptly and roughly.zap
English
Noun
(en noun)- You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.
Verb
(zapp)- They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
- I think they zapped the processor.
- If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
- They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
- They zapped my motor's magnets.
Descendants
* Catalan: * Dutch: (l) * Galician: (l), (l) * German: (l) * French: (l), (l) * Spanish: (l), (l) * Sweddish: (l)Interjection
(en-interj)!- Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.
jolt
English
(wikipedia jolt)Verb
(en verb)- The bus jolted its passengers.
- Her untimely death jolted us all.
- The bus jolted along the stony path.
