Jump vs. Hurdle — What's the Difference?

To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.

A hurdle (UK English, limited US English) is a moveable section of light fence. In the United States, terms such as "panel", "pipe panel" or simply "fence section" are used to describe moveable sections of fencing intended for agricultural use and crowd control; "hurdle" refers primarily to fences used as jumping obstacles for steeplechasing with horses or human track and field competition.

To move suddenly and in one motion

One of a series of upright frames over which athletes in a race must jump

To move involuntarily, as in surprise

A problem or difficulty that must be overcome

To parachute from an aircraft.

A portable rectangular frame strengthened with withies or wooden bars, used as a temporary fence.

(Informal) To act quickly; hustle

Take part in a hurdle race

To take prompt advantage; respond quickly

Enclose or fence off with hurdles

To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge

A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.

To begin or start. Often used with off

Hurdles A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.

To form an opinion or judgment hastily

A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.

To make a sudden verbal attack; lash out

An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome

To undergo a sudden and pronounced increase

Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing.

To rise suddenly in position or rank

Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution.

To change discontinuously or after a short period

To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race.

To be displaced by a sudden jerk

To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount

To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment

To leap over a barrier or other obstacle.

(Computers) To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence.

An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.

To move over an opponent's playing piece in a board game.

(figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.

To make a jump bid in bridge.

A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

(Slang) To be lively; bustle

A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.

To leap over or across

To jump over something while running.

To leap onto

To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).

(Slang) To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush

To overcome an obstacle.

To move or start prematurely before

To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.

To cause to leap

(T-flapping) hurtle

To cause to increase suddenly

A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

To pass over; skip

In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.

To raise in rank or position; promote.

An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.

To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece.

To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.

To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.

A light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races

To jump-start (a motor vehicle).

An obstacle that you are expected to overcome;

To leave (a course), especially through mishap

The act of jumping over an obstacle

To leave hastily; skip

Jump a hurdle

To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement

To seize or occupy illegally

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

The act of jumping; a leap.

The distance covered by a jump

An obstacle or span to be jumped.

A structure or course from which a jump is made

A descent from an aircraft by parachute.

(Sports) Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.

An initial competitive advantage; a head start

Energy or quickness

A sudden pronounced rise, as in price or salary.

An impressive promotion.

A step or level

A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.

A short trip.

One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.

(Games) A move in a board game over an opponent's piece.

(Computers) A movement from one set of instructions to another.

An involuntary nervous movement; a start.

Jumps A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.

A jump-start of a motor vehicle.

Vulgar Slang An act of sexual intercourse.

(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.

(transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.

To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

(transitive) To cause to jump.

(transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.

To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

To join by a buttweld.

To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.

To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.

(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.

To flee; to make one's escape.

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.

An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.

An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

A jumping move in a board game.

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).

An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.

(with on) An early start or an advantage.

(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.

An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.

(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.

(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.

(film) jump cut

(theatre) one-night stand

A kind of loose jacket for men.

(obsolete) Exactly; precisely

(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.

A kind of loose jacket for men.

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

The space traversed by a leap.

A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist.

To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.

To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.

To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; - followed by with.

To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.

To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

To join by a butt weld.

To bore with a jumper.

Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Exactly; pat.

A sudden and decisive increase;

An abrupt transition;

(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

A sudden involuntary movement;

Descent with a parachute;

The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground;

Move forward by leaps and bounds;

Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;

Make a sudden physical attack on;

Increase suddenly and significantly;

Be highly noticeable

Enter eagerly into;

Rise in rank or status;

Run off or leave the rails;

Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Cause to jump or leap;

Start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery

Bypass;

Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions