The difference between Jerk and Jolt

When used as nouns, jerk means a sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body, whereas jolt means an act of jolting.

When used as verbs, jerk means to make a sudden uncontrolled movement, whereas jolt means to push or shake abruptly and roughly.

check bellow for the other definitions of Jerk and Jolt

Jerk as a noun:

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
Jerk as a noun:

A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

Examples:

"When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!"
Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):

A dull or stupid person.
Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):

A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.
Jerk as a noun (physics, engineering):

The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
Jerk as a noun (obsolete):

A soda jerk.
Jerk as a noun (weightlifting):

A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.

Jerk as a verb (intransitive):

To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
Jerk as a verb (transitive):

To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
Jerk as a verb (US, slang, vulgar):

To masturbate.
Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

To beat, to hit.

Examples:

"rfquotek Florio"
Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

Examples:

"to jerk a stone"
Jerk as a verb (usually, transitive, weightlifting):

To lift using a jerk.
Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

To flout with contempt.

Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):

A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):

Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

Examples:

"Jerk chicken is a local favorite."

Jerk as a verb:

To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

Jolt as a verb (transitive):

To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

Examples:

"The bus jolted its passengers at every turn."
Jolt as a verb (transitive):

To knock sharply
Jolt as a verb (transitive):

To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

Examples:

"I jolted her out of complacency."
Jolt as a verb (transitive):

To shock emotionally.

Examples:

"Her untimely death jolted us all."
Jolt as a verb (intransitive):

To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

Examples:

"The car jolted along the stony path."