Difference between Agitate and Push

What is the difference between Agitate and Push?

Agitate as a verb is to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. while Push as a verb is to apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

Agitate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. To move or actuate. --Thomson. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.

Push

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.A great effort (to do something).A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even scoreThe situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push, push technology.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.To continually attempt to promote (a point of view).To promote a product with the intention of selling it.To approach; to come close to.To apply a force to an object such that it moves away from the person applying the force.To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.To make a higher bid at an auction

Example sentence: A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.

We hope you now know whether to use Agitate or Push in your sentence.

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