different between pulsate vs tremble

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin puls?tus, from puls? (“I strike repeatedly”), from pell? (“I strike”). Doublet of push.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?l?se?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?l.se?t/

Verb

pulsate (third-person singular simple present pulsates, present participle pulsating, simple past and past participle pulsated)

1. To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.
2. To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
3. To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pulsar

Translations

Anagrams

• puteals, septula, spatule, upsteal

Ido

Verb

pulsate

1. adverbial present passive participle of pulsar

Italian

Verb

pulsate

1. second-person plural present indicative of pulsare
2. second-person plural imperative of pulsare

Verb

pulsate f pl

1. feminine plural of pulsato

Anagrams

• spatule
• spulate

Latin

Verb

puls?te

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

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).