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
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Jerk as a noun:
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
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Jerk as a noun:
A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
Examples:
"When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!"
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Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):
A dull or stupid person.
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Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):
A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.
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Jerk as a noun (physics, engineering):
The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
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Jerk as a noun (obsolete):
A soda jerk.
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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.
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Jerk as a verb (intransitive):
To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
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Jerk as a verb (transitive):
To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
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Jerk as a verb (US, slang, vulgar):
To masturbate.
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Jerk as a verb (obsolete):
To beat, to hit.
Examples:
"rfquotek Florio"
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Jerk as a verb (obsolete):
To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
Examples:
"to jerk a stone"
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Jerk as a verb (usually, transitive, weightlifting):
To lift using a jerk.
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Jerk as a verb (obsolete):
To flout with contempt.
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Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):
A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
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Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):
Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
Examples:
"Jerk chicken is a local favorite."
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Jerk as a verb:
To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
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Surge as a noun:
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
Examples:
"He felt a surge of excitement."
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Surge as a noun:
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation
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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."
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Surge as a noun (nautical):
The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
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Surge as a noun (obsolete):
A spring; a fountain.
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Surge as a noun:
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
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Surge as a verb (intransitive):
To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
Examples:
"Toaster sales surged last year."
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Surge as a verb:
To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
Examples:
"A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up."
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Surge as a verb (transitive, nautical):
To slack off a line.