different between throb vs twinge

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English twengen, from Old English twen?an (“to pinch, squeeze, twinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *twangijan, from Proto-Germanic *twangijan? (“to jam, pinch”), causative of Proto-Germanic *twingan? (“to press, clamp”), of uncertain origin, but probably related to *þwangiz (“belt, strap, clamp”). See also Old High German zwengen (“to pinch”), Old English twingan (“to press, force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tw?nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Verb

twinge (third-person singular simple present twinges, present participle twingeing or twinging, simple past and past participle twinged)

1. (transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

   • When a man is past his sense, / There's no way to reduce him thence, / But twinging him by the ears or nose, / Or laying on of heavy blows.

2. (transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
3. (intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.

Noun

twinge (plural twinges)

1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
2. A sudden sharp pain.

Translations

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Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Winget, tewing