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Doom vs. Quake — What's the Difference?

Doom vs. Quake — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Doom and Quake

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Doom

Inevitable destruction or ruin
A tyrant who finally met his doom.

Quake

To shake or tremble, as from instability or shock.

Doom

A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.

Quake

To shiver or shudder, as with cold or from strong emotion.

Doom

Judgment Day.
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Quake

An instance of quaking.

Doom

A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.

Quake

An earthquake.

Doom

To condemn to ruination or death.

Quake

A trembling or shaking.
We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.

Doom

To cause to come to an inevitable bad end; destine to end badly
"With the benefit of hindsight, the fans felt that they knew all along that the Red Sox were doomed to lose" (Daniel L. Schachter).

Quake

An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.

Doom

Destiny, especially terrible.

Quake

(intransitive) To tremble or shake.
I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.

Doom

An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.

Quake

To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.

Doom

Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.

Quake

To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.

Doom

A law.

Quake

To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.

Doom

A judgment or decision.

Quake

To cause to quake.

Doom

A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.

Quake

A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

Doom

Death.
They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.

Quake

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

Doom

(sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

Quake

Shake with fast, tremulous movements;
His nostrils palpitated

Doom

(transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
A criminal doomed to death

Quake

Shake with seismic vibrations;
The earth was quaking

Doom

To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.

Doom

(obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

Doom

(obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

Doom

To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

Doom

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.
Now against himself he sounds this doom.

Doom

That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
Ere Hector meets his doom.
And homely household task shall be her doom.

Doom

Ruin; death.
This is the day of doom for Bassianus.

Doom

Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
And there he learned of things and haps to come,To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom.

Doom

To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

Doom

To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.
Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.

Doom

To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
Have I tongue to doom my brother's death?

Doom

To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

Doom

To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties.

Doom

An unpleasant or disastrous destiny;
Everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
That's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world

Doom

Decree or designate beforehand;
She was destined to become a great pianist

Doom

Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law;
He was condemned to ten years in prison

Doom

Make certain of the failure or destruction of;
This decision will doom me to lose my position

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