Jolt vs. Bolt: What's the Difference?

Jolt and Bolt Definitions
Jolt
To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly
Jolted his opponent with a heavy punch.
An impact that jolted the mailbox loose.
Bolt
A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.
Jolt
To cause to move jerkily
Stops and starts that jolted the passengers.
Bolt
A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.
Jolt
To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow
"Now and then he jolted a nodding reader awake by inserting a witty paragraph" (Walter Blair).
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Bolt
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.
Jolt
To make suddenly active or effective
The remark jolted my memory.
Bolt
A sliding metal bar that positions the cartridge in breechloading rifles, closes the breech, and ejects the spent cartridge.
Jolt
To disturb suddenly and severely; stun
She was jolted by the betrayal of her trusted friend.
Bolt
A similar device in any breech mechanism.
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Jolt
To proceed in an irregular, bumpy, or jerky fashion.
Bolt
A short, heavy arrow with a thick head, used especially with a crossbow.
Jolt
A sudden jarring or jerking motion, as from a blow.
Bolt
A flash of lightning; a thunderbolt.
Jolt
A sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment; a shock.
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Bolt
A sudden or unexpected event
The announcement was a veritable bolt.
Jolt
The cause of such a feeling
His resignation was a jolt to the whole staff.
Bolt
A sudden movement toward or away.
Jolt
A brief strong portion
A jolt of whiskey.
Bolt
A large roll of cloth of a definite length, especially as it comes from the loom.
Jolt
(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
Bolt
To secure or lock with or as if with a bolt.
Jolt
(transitive) To knock sharply
Bolt
To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.
Jolt
(transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
Bolt
To eat (food) hurriedly and with little chewing; gulp.
Jolt
(transitive) To shock emotionally.
Her untimely death jolted us all.
Bolt
To desert or withdraw support from (a political party).
Jolt
(intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
The car jolted along the stony path.
Bolt
To utter impulsively; blurt.
Jolt
An act of jolting.
Bolt
(Archaic) To shoot or discharge (a missile, such as an arrow).
Jolt
A surprise or shock.
Bolt
To move or spring suddenly.
Jolt
(slang) A long prison sentence.
Bolt
To start suddenly and run away
The horse bolted at the sound of the shot. The frightened child bolted from the room.
Jolt
(slang) A narcotic injection.
Bolt
To break away from an affiliation, as from a political party.
Jolt
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Bolt
(Botany) To flower or produce seeds prematurely or develop a flowering stem from a rosette.
Jolt
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.
Bolt
To pass (flour, for example) through a sieve.
Jolt
To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed.
Bolt
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.
Jolt
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.
Bolt
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
Jolt
A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.
Bolt
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.
Jolt
Something which causes a jolt{2}; as, the bad news was a jolt.
Bolt
A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
Jolt
A sudden impact;
The door closed with a jolt
Bolt
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.
Jolt
An abrupt spasmodic movement
Bolt
A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
Jolt
Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
Bolt
A sudden event, action or emotion.
The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
Jolt
Disturb (someone's) composure;
The audience was jolted by the play
Bolt
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
Bolt
(nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
Bolt
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
The horse made a bolt.
Bolt
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
Bolt
A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
Bolt
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Bolt
A burst of speed or efficiency.
Bolt
A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
Bolt
A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
Bolt
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
Bolt the vice to the bench.
Bolt
To secure a door by locking or barring it.
Bolt the door.
Bolt
(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.
Bolt
(transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
To bolt a rabbit
Bolt
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
Bolt
(intransitive) To escape.
Bolt
To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.
Bolt
To swallow food without chewing it.
Bolt
To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!
Bolt
To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
Bolt
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
Bolt
To sift, especially through a cloth.
Bolt
To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
Graham flour is unbolted flour; in contrast, some other flours have been bolted.
Bolt
To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
Bolt
(legal) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
Bolt
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.
Bolt
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.
Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Bolt
Lightning; a thunderbolt.
Bolt
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.
Bolt
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.
Bolt
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Away with him to prison!lay bolts enough upon him.
Bolt
A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
Bolt
A bundle, as of oziers.
Bolt
A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
Bolt
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America - or anywhere.
Bolt
A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
Bolt
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
Bolt
To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
Bolt
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments.
Bolt
To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food; often used with down.
Bolt
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.
Bolt
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
Bolt
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
Let tenfold iron bolt my door.
Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.
Bolt
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.
This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . . And oft out of a bush doth bolt.
Bolt
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads.
Bolt
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
Bolt
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.
Bolt
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.
He now had bolted all the flour.
Ill schooled in bolted language.
Bolt
To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; - with out.
Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things.
Bolt
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
This bolts the matter fairly to the bran.
The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran.
Bolt
In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
[He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon.
Bolt
A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Bolt
A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
Bolt
The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
Bolt
The act of moving with great haste;
He made a dash for the door
Bolt
A roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
Bolt
A screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
Bolt
A sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
Bolt
Move or jump suddenly;
She bolted from her seat
Bolt
Secure or lock with a bolt;
Bolt the door
Bolt
Swallow hastily
Bolt
Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Bolt
Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry;
The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
Bolt
Eat hastily without proper chewing;
Don't bolt your food!
Bolt
Make or roll into bolts;
Bolt fabric
Bolt
In a rigid manner;
The body was rigidly erect
Ge sat bolt upright
Bolt
Directly;
He ran bang into the pole
Ran slap into her