Jump vs. Pounce — What's the Difference?

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

To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something

To move suddenly and in one motion

To attack or criticize suddenly

To move involuntarily, as in surprise

To turn the attention to and try to take advantage of

To parachute from an aircraft.

To sprinkle, smooth, or treat with pounce.

(Informal) To act quickly; hustle

To transfer (a stenciled design) with pounce.

To take prompt advantage; respond quickly

To ornament (metal, for example) by perforating from the back with a pointed implement.

To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge

The act or an instance of pouncing.

To begin or start. Often used with off

A fine powder formerly used to smooth and finish writing paper and soak up ink.

To form an opinion or judgment hastily

A fine powder, such as pulverized charcoal, dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface.

To make a sudden verbal attack; lash out

(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.

To undergo a sudden and pronounced increase

(historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.

To rise suddenly in position or rank

A sudden leaping attack.

To change discontinuously or after a short period

(archaic) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.

To be displaced by a sudden jerk

A punch or stamp.

To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment

Cloth worked in eyelet holes.

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

(transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.

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

(intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.

To make a jump bid in bridge.

(intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.

(Slang) To be lively; bustle

(intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.

To leap over or across

(transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.

To leap onto

(transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.

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

A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, - formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.

To move or start prematurely before

Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, - used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.

To cause to leap

The claw or talon of a bird of prey.

To cause to increase suddenly

A punch or stamp.

To pass over; skip

Cloth worked in eyelet holes.

To raise in rank or position; promote.

To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.

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

To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.

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

To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.

To jump-start (a motor vehicle).

To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; - with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.

To leave (a course), especially through mishap

The act of pouncing

To leave hastily; skip

Move down on as if in an attack;

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