Shock vs. Stroke

Difference Between Shock and Stroke

Shocknoun

Sudden, heavy impact.

The train hit the buffers with a great shock.

Strokenoun

An act of stroking moving one's hand over a surface.

She gave the cat a stroke.

Shocknoun

(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Strokenoun

A blow or hit.

a stroke on the chin

Shocknoun

Electric shock, a sudden burst of electric energy, hitting an animate animal such as a human.

Strokenoun

A single movement with a tool.

Shocknoun

Circulatory shock, a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.

Strokenoun

(golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club.

Shocknoun

A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance

Strokenoun

(tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.

Shocknoun

(mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.

Strokenoun

(rowing) The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull.

Shocknoun

An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook.

Strokenoun

(cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.

Shocknoun

A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

Strokenoun

A thrust of a piston.

Shocknoun

(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass)

a head covered with a shock of sandy hair

Strokenoun

An act of striking with a weapon

Shocknoun

A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.

Strokenoun

One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.

the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or of an oar in rowingthe stroke of a skater, swimmer, etc.

Shockverb

To cause to be emotionally shocked.

The disaster shocked the world.

Strokenoun

A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.

a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy

Shockverb

To give an electric shock.

Strokenoun

A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly:

Shockverb

To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

Strokenoun

The slash, /.

Shockverb

To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

to shock rye

Strokenoun

The formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in A̶ and A̵).

Shocknoun

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;

his mother's deathleft him in a dazehe was numb with shock

Strokenoun

(linguistics) A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character.

Shocknoun

the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;

the armies met in the shock of battle

Strokenoun

A streak made with a brush.

Shocknoun

a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;

subjects received a small electric shock when they mae the wrong responseelectricians get accustomed to occasional shocks

Strokenoun

The time when a clock strikes.

on the stroke of midnight

Shocknoun

(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor;

loss of blood is an important cause of shock

Strokenoun

(swimming) A style, a single movement within a style.

butterfly stroke

Shocknoun

an instance of agitation of the earth's crust;

the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch

Strokenoun

(medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.

Shocknoun

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

it came as a shock to learn that he was injured

Strokenoun

(obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.

a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death

Shocknoun

a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field;

corn is bound in small sheeves and several sheeves are set up together in shockswhole fields of wheat in shock

Strokenoun

(rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.

Shocknoun

a bushy thick mass (especially hair);

he had an unruly shock of black hair

Strokenoun

(rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.

Shocknoun

a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;

the old car needed a new set of shocks

Strokenoun

(professional wrestling) Backstage influence.

Shockverb

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;

I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

Strokenoun

(squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.

Shockverb

strike with disgust or revulsion;

The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends

Strokenoun

(sciences) An individual discharge of lightning.

A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes. If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker.