Shock vs. Shake — What's the Difference?

A violent collision, impact, or explosion, or the force or movement resulting from this

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

Something that suddenly causes emotional distress

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

A sudden feeling of distress

Upset the composure or confidence of; shock or astonish

A massive, acute physiological reaction usually to physical trauma, infection, or allergy, characterized by a marked loss of blood pressure, resulting in a diminished blood flow to body tissues and a rapid heart rate.

An act of shaking

The sensation and muscular spasm caused by an electric current passing through the body or a body part.

A fit of trembling or shivering

A sudden economic disturbance, such as a rise in the price of a commodity.

Short for milkshake

A shock absorber.

An earth tremor.

A number of sheaves of grain stacked upright in a field for drying.

A trill.

A thick heavy mass

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

To surprise and disturb greatly

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

To induce a state of physical shock in (an animal or person).

To cause to tremble, vibrate, or rock

To subject (an animal or person) to an electric shock.

To brandish or wave, especially in anger

To administer electric current to (a patient) to treat cardiac arrest or life-threatening arrhythmias.

To cause to lose stability or strength, as of conviction

To administer electroconvulsive therapy to (a patient).

To disturb or agitate emotionally; upset or unnerve

To come into contact violently, as in battle; collide.

To remove or dislodge by jerky movements

To gather (grain) into shocks.

To scatter or strew by jerky movements

A sudden, heavy impact.

To get rid of or put an end to

(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

To get away from (a pursuer)

(psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

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

(medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.

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

(psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.

(Music) To trill (a note).

(medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.

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

(physics) A shock wave.

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

A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).

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

(mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.

To tremble, as from cold or in anger.

A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.

To be unsteady; totter or waver.

An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.

(Music) To trill.

A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

To shake hands

(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.

The act of shaking

(obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.

A trembling or quivering movement.

Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.

(Informal) An earthquake.

(transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

A fissure in rock.

(transitive) To give an electric shock to.

A crack in timber caused by wind or frost.

(transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.

(Informal) A moment or instant

To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.

(Music) A trill.

(transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.

See milkshake.

(transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.

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

A lot consisting of sixty pieces; - a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

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

A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.

(Informal) A bargain or deal

A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.

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

A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.

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

The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.

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

A dog with long hair or shag; - called also shockdog.

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.

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

To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.

(intransitive) To move from side to side.

To be occupied with making shocks.

To shake hands.

To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.

(intransitive) To dance.

To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.

To threaten to overthrow.

To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

To be agitated; to lose firmness.

Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.

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

The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;

A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.

The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;

A milkshake.

A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;

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

(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor;

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

An instance of agitation of the earth's crust;

An adulterant added to cocaine powder.

An unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

(building material) A thin shingle.

A pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field;

A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

A bushy thick mass (especially hair);

A fissure in rock or earth.

A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;

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

Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;

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

Strike with disgust or revulsion;

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

Strike with horror or terror;

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

Collide violently

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

Collect or gather into shocks;

A shook of staves and headings.

Subject to electrical shocks

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

Inflict a trauma upon

A shock or disturbance.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A fissure in rock or earth.

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

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

A shook of staves and headings.

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

Building material used as siding or roofing

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

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

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

Reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Move or cause to move back and forth;

Move with or as if with a tremor;

Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively;

Move back and forth or sideways;

Undermine or cause to waver;

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

Get rid of;

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

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