The difference between Jerk and Surge

When used as nouns, jerk means a sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body, whereas surge means a sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

When used as verbs, jerk means to make a sudden uncontrolled movement, whereas surge means to rush, flood, or increase suddenly.


check bellow for the other definitions of Jerk and Surge

  1. Jerk as a noun:

    A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.

  2. Jerk as a noun:

    A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

    Examples:

    "When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!"

  3. Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):

    A dull or stupid person.

  4. Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):

    A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.

  5. Jerk as a noun (physics, engineering):

    The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

  6. Jerk as a noun (obsolete):

    A soda jerk.

  7. 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.

  1. Jerk as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

  2. Jerk as a verb (transitive):

    To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

  3. Jerk as a verb (US, slang, vulgar):

    To masturbate.

  4. Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

    To beat, to hit.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Florio"

  5. Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

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

    Examples:

    "to jerk a stone"

  6. Jerk as a verb (usually, transitive, weightlifting):

    To lift using a jerk.

  7. Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

    To flout with contempt.

  1. Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):

    A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

  2. Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):

    Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

    Examples:

    "Jerk chicken is a local favorite."

  1. Jerk as a verb:

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

  1. Surge as a noun:

    A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

    Examples:

    "He felt a surge of excitement."

  2. Surge as a noun:

    The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation

  3. Surge as a noun (electricity):

    A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.

    Examples:

    "A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district."

  4. Surge as a noun (nautical):

    The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).

  5. Surge as a noun (obsolete):

    A spring; a fountain.

  6. Surge as a noun:

    The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

  1. Surge as a verb (intransitive):

    To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

    Examples:

    "Toaster sales surged last year."

  2. Surge as a verb:

    To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

    Examples:

    "A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up."

  3. Surge as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To slack off a line.