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Do you use shiver and quiver interchangeably in most cases?
31 de jul. de 2019 11:04
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No, they are used in different contexts. People shiver with cold, anxiety, fear, etc.; it is a continuous action of repeated shaking. An animal or a plant could quiver i.e. shake, possibly just once, in response to some stimulus or disturbance.
31 de julio de 2019
Thank you, Gray.
1 de agosto de 2019
Adrian is right, although to tell the truth, they often CAN be used interchangeably. "Shiver" is usually a continuous action, but sometimes you may read something like "a shiver went through him," which is the same as a quiver -- a brief moment of shaking slightly. And even though "shiver" is the word most commonly associated with cold, you may also sometimes read about someone "quivering" from the cold.
I would say that in literary language, they're more often interchangeable. In everyday conversation, "shivering" is continuous, and a "quiver" is brief.
31 de julio de 2019
You shiver from the cold or sometimes fear.
Quiver can be more general or from emotions.
31 de julio de 2019
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