different between thro vs throb

English

Etymology 1

• Abbreviation of through.

Preposition

thro

1. (archaic) through
   • 1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI

     He the Red Sea rebuk'd also,
     That it updrying fled:
     As thro a desert dry to go,
     Them thro the deeps He led.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”).

Alternative forms

• throe

Adjective

thro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)

1. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement.
2. (obsolete) Bold.

Anagrams

• Roth, Thor, hotr, orth-, thor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro?/

Noun

thro

1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Verb

thro

1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Mutation

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