Shake vs. Move — What's the Difference?

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate

To change in position from one point to another

Move (an object) up and down or from side to side with rapid, forceful, jerky movements

To follow a specified course

Upset the composure or confidence of; shock or astonish

To change posture or position; stir

An act of shaking

To start off; depart

A fit of trembling or shivering

(Games) To change position on a board in a board game.

Short for milkshake

To go from one residence or location to another; relocate

An earth tremor.

(Linguistics) To be copied or moved by means of a movement transformation to a new position in syntactic structure.

A trill.

To progress in sequence; go forward

A kind of rough wooden shingle, used especially on rustic buildings

To progress toward a particular state or condition

To cause to move from side to side or up and down with jerky movements

To be disposed of by sale

To cause to tremble, vibrate, or rock

To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.

To brandish or wave, especially in anger

To exhibit great activity or energy

To cause to lose stability or strength, as of conviction

To initiate an action; act

To disturb or agitate emotionally; upset or unnerve

To be active in a particular environment

To remove or dislodge by jerky movements

To stir the emotions

To scatter or strew by jerky movements

To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure

To get rid of or put an end to

To evacuate. Used of the bowels.

To get away from (a pursuer)

To change the place or position of

To bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking

To cause to go from one place to another

To clasp (hands) in greeting or leave-taking or as a sign of agreement.

(Games) To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game

(Music) To trill (a note).

To change the course of

(Games) To rattle and mix (dice) before casting.

To cause to progress or advance

To move from side to side or up and down in short, irregular, often jerky movements

To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion

To move something vigorously up and down or from side to side, as in mixing.

To prompt to action; rouse

To tremble, as from cold or in anger.

To arouse the emotions of; affect or stir.

To be unsteady; totter or waver.

To cause to function

(Music) To trill.

To cause to progress or advance

To shake hands

To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure

The act of shaking

To make formal application to (a court, for example).

A trembling or quivering movement.

To dispose of by sale

(Informal) An earthquake.

To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.

A fissure in rock.

The act or an instance of moving.

A crack in timber caused by wind or frost.

A particular manner of moving

(Informal) A moment or instant

A change of residence or location.

(Music) A trill.

An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.

See milkshake.

The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.

A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.

A participant's turn to make a play.

A rough shingle used to cover rustic buildings, such as barns

An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver

Shakes(Informal) Uncontrollable trembling, as in a person who is cold, frightened, feverish, or ill. Often used with the

(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

(Informal) A bargain or deal

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

(intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

(transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

(transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

(transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).

(intransitive) To move from side to side.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit

To shake hands.

To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

(intransitive) To dance.

To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

To apply to, as for aid.

To threaten to overthrow.

To request an action from the court.

To be agitated; to lose firmness.

To bow or salute upon meeting.

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).

A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.

The act of moving; a movement.

A milkshake.

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

The event of changing one's residence.

An adulterant added to cocaine powder.

A change in strategy.

(building material) A thin shingle.

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

A fissure in rock or earth.

A round, in which each player has a turn.

A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

(informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

(nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

(music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

A shook of staves and headings.

To apply to, as for aid.

The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

A shock or disturbance.

To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

The act of moving; a movement.

To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; - generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.

The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

The act of deciding to do something;

A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.

The act of changing your residence or place of business;

A fissure in rock or earth.

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

The act of changing location from one place to another;

One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

(game) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action

A shook of staves and headings.

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

The redshank; - so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

Building material used as siding or roofing

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion;

Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment;

A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

Be in a state of action;

Reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

Go or proceed from one point to another;

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

Move or cause to move back and forth;

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Move with or as if with a tremor;

Give an incentive for action;

Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively;

Arouse sympathy or compassion in;

Move back and forth or sideways;

Dispose of by selling;

Undermine or cause to waver;

Progress by being changed;

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

Live one's life in a specified environment;

Get rid of;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking;

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state;