Friday, February 01, 2013

Difference between "shove" and "jostle"

Shove
"Shove" is a forceful push.
  • He shoved the door until it finally opened. 
  • He shoved her down the stairs.

Jostle
"Jostle" is to push roughly against somebody in a crowd.
  • We were jostled by the crowd.
  • I felt people jostling against me in the dark.

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