different between quake vs vibrate
quake
English
Etymology
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwak?n? (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?og- (“to shake, swing”), related to Old English cwe??an (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin v?x? (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwe?k/
- Rhymes: -e?k
Noun
quake (plural quakes)
- A trembling or shaking.
- We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
- An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
- California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.
Translations
Verb
quake (third-person singular simple present quakes, present participle quaking, simple past and past participle quaked or (archaic) quoke or (obsolete) quook)
- (intransitive) To tremble or shake.
- 1575-86, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Dorus threw Pamela behind a tree; where she stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is even ready to seize.
- 1575-86, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.
- Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
- 1598-99, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act I, Scene I
- If Cupid have not spent all his quiver in / Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.
- 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene II
- Now could I drink hot blood / And do such bitter business as the bitter day / Would quake to look on.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2, Act IV, Scene VIII
- Who honours not his father, Henry the fifth, that made all France to quake, Shake he his weapon at us, and pass by.
- Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and carefulness.
Derived terms
- quakebreech
- quakebuttock
- Quaker
Translations
German
Pronunciation
Verb
quake
- inflection of quaken:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle English
Verb
quake
- Alternative form of quaken
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vibrate
English
Etymology
From Latin vibr?tus, perfect passive participle of vibr? (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /va??b?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?va?.b?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)
- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
- to vibrate a sword or a staff
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- a pendulum vibrating seconds
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
- 1961, Congressional Record
- […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
vibrate (uncountable)
- The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
- Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Translations
Further reading
- vibrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vibrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- vrbaite
Italian
Verb
vibrate
- second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
- second-person plural imperative of vibrare
- feminine plural of vibrato
Anagrams
- brevità, trabevi
Latin
Verb
vibr?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of vibr?
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