What's the difference between quob and throb?

Quob


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To throb; to quiver.

Example Sentences:

Throb


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
  • (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The first case was a 51-year-old woman who suffered from a sudden attack of throbbing headache in the parieto-temporal region, accompanied by nausea, after 20 minutes of swimming practice in a pool.
  • (2) Alex Turner has already set about ingratiating himself with the 2013 festival by guesting with his erstwhile partner in the Last Shadow Puppets, Miles Kane, earlier this afternoon, but as he takes to the Pyramid Stage for the Monkeys' headline slot, piling straight into the bluesy electronic throbs of new single Do I Wanna Know in a sharp striped suit and teddy quiff and throwing the odd karate beckoning motion, there's a real sense of points to be proved.
  • (3) (When you flick the switch, the bulb's light "throbs" and when it reaches the brightness you require, you flick the switch again to set it.)
  • (4) Members of its armed wing, in black masks and toting large guns, took control of Gaza streets as the deep throb of resistance songs blasted from speakers.
  • (5) Politics throbbed through every line of the speech.
  • (6) The idea the government can push people from their homes with no discussion seems normal in Lagos Robert Neuwirth Close-up, though, it throbs with the kind of energy that marks Lagos out and has made it a darling of urban theorists.
  • (7) Long before kick-off the locals broke out fireworks, flags and throbbing chants to generate the atmosphere that convinces Bosnia to stage critical matches in a dinky 12,000-seat stadium in the city of Zenica, far from the capital, Sarajevo.
  • (8) Atypical facial pain was first described by Temple Fay in 1927 as a vascular syndrome of dull, throbbing pain situated deep in the eye and malar region often referred toward the ear, lateral neck, and shoulders.
  • (9) He came round after a few seconds with a throbbing headache but advanced into a firing position on open ground to protect an evacuation helicopter.
  • (10) Histamine given intravenously to asthmatic patients produces less of a bronchial response than when given by aerosol, even though the intravenous route produces many more systemic symptoms, such as flushing and throbbing headache.
  • (11) I don't drive, I have no interest in cars, I've never had the fantasy of nailing a nurse on the hood of my Buick or of being picked up by a bare-boobed biker chick riding a throbbing Harley.
  • (12) At night the towers turn red, hectic, throbbing with a demonic glow that takes my breath away.
  • (13) We have explored the underlying mechanism of this effect by comparing h alpha CGRP infused so as to maintain heart rate 25-30% above baseline with glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) in a dose sufficient to maintain a throbbing headache.
  • (14) Isn't it strange, then, that he has become a heart-throb and that women… He stops me before I'm finished.
  • (15) Underneath its ghoulish milieu, Penny Dreadful throbs with a big, bruised heart and a baroque web of emotional nuance.
  • (16) I've seen teenage girls doggedly following rock bands, or pop stars, or heart-throb actors around, but I've never come across teenage girls following a model around before.
  • (17) Half of the patients described their headache as a steady ache but throbbing pain was reported in about one third.
  • (18) For a week each year at Carnival, they embody exuberance with a pulsating parade of spectacular floats, gyrating dancers and bateria throbbing with the rhythms of tamborims , chocalhos , surdos and drums.
  • (19) On a sideboard, not yet opened, is a magnum of Grand Siècle champagne, sent by her label when Goulding's summer single, Burn – throbbing, clubby, ubiquitous – went to No 1 for three weeks in July.
  • (20) During this performance Gaga will perform the title track from her forthcoming album ARTPOP and utter a line that sums up everything her fans love about her and her critics detest: "My art-pop could mean anything," she coos over a lilting electronic throb.

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