What's the difference between jounce and rounce?

Jounce


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
  • (n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He motioned for his daughter to stay still and looked through his binoculars at lights jouncing on the shingle.

Rounce


Definition:

  • (n.) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.

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