Jolt vs. Bolt: What's the Difference?

To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly

A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.

To cause to move jerkily

A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.

To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow

A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.

To make suddenly active or effective

A sliding metal bar that positions the cartridge in breechloading rifles, closes the breech, and ejects the spent cartridge.

To disturb suddenly and severely; stun

A similar device in any breech mechanism.

To proceed in an irregular, bumpy, or jerky fashion.

A short, heavy arrow with a thick head, used especially with a crossbow.

A sudden jarring or jerking motion, as from a blow.

A flash of lightning; a thunderbolt.

A sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment; a shock.

A sudden or unexpected event

The cause of such a feeling

A sudden movement toward or away.

A brief strong portion

A large roll of cloth of a definite length, especially as it comes from the loom.

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

To secure or lock with or as if with a bolt.

(transitive) To knock sharply

To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.

(transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

To eat (food) hurriedly and with little chewing; gulp.

(transitive) To shock emotionally.

To desert or withdraw support from (a political party).

(intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

To utter impulsively; blurt.

An act of jolting.

(Archaic) To shoot or discharge (a missile, such as an arrow).

A surprise or shock.

To move or spring suddenly.

(slang) A long prison sentence.

To start suddenly and run away

(slang) A narcotic injection.

To break away from an affiliation, as from a political party.

To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

(Botany) To flower or produce seeds prematurely or develop a flowering stem from a rosette.

To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.

To pass (flour, for example) through a sieve.

To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed.

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person) suddenly, as if with a blow; as, the sight of the house on fire jolted him into action; his mother's early death jolted his idyllic happiness.

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.

A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.

Something which causes a jolt{2}; as, the bad news was a jolt.

A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.

A sudden impact;

A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.

An abrupt spasmodic movement

A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.

Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

A sudden event, action or emotion.

Disturb (someone's) composure;

A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.

(nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.

A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.

A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

A burst of speed or efficiency.

A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).

A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

To secure a door by locking or barring it.

(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.

(transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).

To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

(intransitive) To escape.

To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.

To swallow food without chewing it.

To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.

To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

To sift, especially through a cloth.

To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.

(legal) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.

Lightning; a thunderbolt.

A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.

A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

A bundle, as of oziers.

A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food; often used with down.

To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.

To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.

To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.

To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.

To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.

To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; - with out.

To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

The act of moving with great haste;

A roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

A screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

A sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

Move or jump suddenly;

Secure or lock with a bolt;

Swallow hastily

Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry;

Eat hastily without proper chewing;

Make or roll into bolts;

In a rigid manner;

Directly;