Quivering vs. Tremulous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Quivering and Tremulous
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Definitions
Quivering
To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement.
Tremulous
Tremulous is a free and open source asymmetric team-based first-person shooter with real-time strategy elements. Being a cross-platform development project the game is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.The game features two opposing teams: humans and aliens.
Quivering
To tremble, as from cold or strong emotion.
Tremulous
Marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking
Tremulous hands.
Quivering
The act or motion of quivering.
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Tremulous
Marked by a rapid varying between pitches or tones
A tremulous voice.
Quivering
Shaking, shivering
The quivering mass of jello rocked back and forth incessantly but remained on the plate.
Tremulous
Timid or fearful
"the tremulous daughter who never left her father's house" (Margo Jefferson).
Quivering
Present participle of quiver
Tremulous
Trembling, quivering, or shaking.
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Quivering
A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
Quiverings of the eyelid
Tremulous
Timid, hesitant; lacking confidence.
Quivering
A shaky motion;
The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
Tremulous
Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
Quivering
The act of vibrating
Tremulous
Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
The tender, tremulous Christian.
Quivering
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
Tremulous
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear;
The old lady's quavering voice
Spoke timidly in a tremulous voice
