different between journey vs wobble

English

Etymology

From Middle English journe, jorney, from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from di?s (“day”). Displaced native reys.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d????ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Noun

journey (plural journeys)

1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

2. (figuratively) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.

3. (obsolete) A day.
4. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
5. (obsolete) A day's work.
6. The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
7. (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:journey

Translations

Verb

journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)

1. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

Synonyms

• wayfare

Translations

Further reading

• journey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• journey in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• journey at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle English

Noun

journey

1. Alternative form of journe

English

Etymology

From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?bl?/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

wobble (plural wobbles)

1. An unsteady motion.
2. A tremulous sound.

3. (music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep
4. (genetics) A variation in the third codon that codes for a specific aminoacid

Synonyms

• (unsteady motion): jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble
• (tremulous sound): quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato

Translations

Verb

wobble (third-person singular simple present wobbles, present participle wobbling, simple past and past participle wobbled)

1. (intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

2. (intransitive) To tremble or quaver.

3. (intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.

4. (transitive) To cause to wobble.

Synonyms

• (move with an uneven or rocking motion): judder, shake, shudder, tremble
• (quaver): quaver, quiver, tremble
• (vacillate): falter, vacillate, waffle, waver
• (cause to wobble): jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle

Derived terms

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Anagrams

• beblow