Vibration vs. Pulse — What's the Difference?

Vibration is a mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point. The word comes from Latin vibrationem ("shaking, brandishing").

In medicine, a pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the cardiac cycle (heartbeat) by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surface of the body, such as at the neck (carotid artery), wrist (radial artery), at the groin (femoral artery), behind the knee (popliteal artery), near the ankle joint (posterior tibial artery), and on foot (dorsalis pedis artery).

The act of vibrating.

The rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck.

The condition of being vibrated.

A regular or rhythmical beating.

A rapid linear motion of a particle or of an elastic solid about an equilibrium position.

A single beat or throb.

A periodic process.

A brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity

A single complete vibrating motion; a quiver.

Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief sudden change in a quantity.

(Informal) A distinctive emotional quality or atmosphere that is sensed or experienced by someone. Often used in the plural

The perceptible emotions or sentiments of a group of people

The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.

The edible seeds of certain pod-bearing plants, such as lentils and chickpeas.

(physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.

A plant yielding these seeds.

A single complete vibrating motion.

To pulsate; beat

(parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.

(Physics) To undergo a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by brief, sudden changes in a quantity.

An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.

To chop in short bursts, as in a food processor

The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string.

(physiology)

A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.

A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.

The act of vibrating

The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.

A distinctive emotional atmosphere; sensed intuitively;

(figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.

A shaky motion;

(figuratively) The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.

(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.

A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.

The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.

(physics)

A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.

Synonym of autosoliton

A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.

(uncountable) Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; (countable) such a plant; a legume.

(uncountable) Edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants, especially in a mature, dry condition; (countable) a specific kind of such a grain or seed.

To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.

To give to (something, especially a cell culture) an (increased) amount of a substance, such as a drug or an isotopic label, over a short time.

To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.

To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).

To manipulate (an electric current, electromagnetic wave, etc.) so that it is emitted in pulses.

To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.

Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.

Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.

To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.

To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients);

The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;

The rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

Edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)

Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically;

Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses;

Drive by or as if by pulsation;