different between ripple vs throb

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???p(?)l/
• Rhymes: -?p?l

Etymology 1

From an alteration of rimple.

Noun

ripple (plural ripples)

1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

   I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.

   The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.

2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.

   I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.

4. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)

1. (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
3. (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
5. (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
   • 2019, Jason M. Hardy, Phaedra M. Weldon, Herbert A. Beas II, BattleTech: Weapons Free: BattleCorps Anthology, Volume 3

     Hearns' 'Mech rippled fifteen missiles. Austen watched the missiles go in. They smashed into a copse of trees, smashing the trunks aside.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *ripelen, repulen, equivalent to rip +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)

1. (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze

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Etymology 3

Compare German Low German Repel, Dutch repel, German Riffel, extended forms (with instrumental or diminutive -le) of Low German Repe (“ripple”), Dutch repe (“ripple”). Compare also Dutch repen, German reffen, Swedish repa (“to beat; ripple”).

The verb is from Middle English ripplen, rypelen. Compare Low German repelen, Dutch repelen, German riffeln.

Alternative forms

• reeple, riple

Noun

ripple (plural ripples)

1. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

Translations

Verb

ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)

1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

Anagrams

• Prilep, Rippel

English

Etymology

From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: thr?b, IPA^(key): /???b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Verb

throb (third-person singular simple present throbs, present participle throbbing, simple past and past participle throbbed)

1. (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
2. (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.
3. (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

Derived terms

• throbbingly

Translations

Noun

throb (plural throbs)

1. A beating, vibration or palpitation.

Derived terms

• throbber
• throbby
• heartthrob

Translations

Anagrams

• Borth, broth