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Shivering vs. Shudder — What's the Difference?

Shivering vs. Shudder — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Shivering and Shudder

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Shivering

Shivering (also called shuddering) is a bodily function in response to cold and extreme fear in warm-blooded animals. When the core body temperature drops, the shivering reflex is triggered to maintain homeostasis.

Shudder

(of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion
I shuddered with horror
She still shuddered at the thought of him

Shivering

To shake or tremble, as from cold or fear.

Shudder

An act of shuddering
The elevator rose with a shudder
The pound's devaluation sent shudders through the market

Shivering

To quiver or vibrate, as by the force of the wind.
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Shudder

To shiver convulsively, as from fear or revulsion.

Shivering

To cause (a sail) to flutter by sailing too close to the wind.

Shudder

To vibrate; quiver
The airplane shuddered in the turbulence.

Shivering

To break into fragments or splinters; shatter.

Shudder

A convulsive shiver, as from fear or revulsion.

Shivering

To cause to break suddenly into fragments or splinters.

Shudder

A vibration or trembling motion.

Shivering

An instance of shivering or trembling.

Shudder

A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.

Shivering

Shivers An attack of shivering. Used with the.

Shudder

A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

Shivering

A fragment or splinter.

Shudder

(intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.

Shivering

Present participle of shiver

Shudder

(intransitive) To vibrate jerkily.

Shivering

The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.

Shudder

To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone.

Shivering

A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

Shudder

The act of shuddering, as with fear.

Shivering

Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze;
A quaking bog
The quaking child asked for more
Quivering leaves of a poplar tree
With shaking knees
Seemed shaky on her feet
Sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier
Trembling hands

Shudder

An almost pleasurable sensation of fright;
A frisson of surprise shot through him

Shudder

An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

Shudder

Shake, as from cold;
The children are shivering--turn on the heat!

Shudder

Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

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