different between palpitate vs tremble

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpit?, palpit?tus (“throb, pulsate, palpitate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pælp?te?t/

Verb

palpitate (third-person singular simple present palpitates, present participle palpitating, simple past and past participle palpitated)

1. (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.

   When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.

2. (transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.

   The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.

3. (intransitive) To shake tremulously

Synonyms

• (to beat rapidly): flutter, pound, throb
• (to shake tremulously): quiver, tremble, vibrate

Derived terms

• palpitant
• palpitation

Translations

Italian

Verb

palpitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of palpitare
2. second-person plural imperative of palpitare
3. feminine plural of palpitato

Latin

Verb

palpit?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of palpit?

English

Etymology

From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trambler and its variants, from Vulgar Latin tremul?, a derivative of Classical Latin trem?; cf. also tremulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??mbl?/
• Hyphenation: trem?ble

Verb

tremble (third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled)

1. (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To fear; to be afraid.

Translations

Noun

tremble (plural trembles)

1. A shake, quiver, or vibration.

Translations

Related terms

• tremor
• tremulous
• tremblor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???bl/

Noun

tremble m (plural trembles)

1. aspen

Verb

tremble

1. first-person singular present indicative of trembler
2. third-person singular present indicative of trembler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
5. second-person singular imperative of trembler

Further reading

• “tremble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).