tremble vs warble

tremble

verb
  • To shake, quiver, or vibrate. 

  • To fear; to be afraid. 

noun
  • A shake, quiver, or vibration. 

warble

verb
  • To cause to quaver or vibrate. 

  • To modulate a tone's frequency. 

  • To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously. 

  • To sing like a bird, especially with trills. 

noun
  • In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered. 

  • A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle. 

  • The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations. 

  • A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma. 

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