[Vocabulary] wobble/sway

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Can a bridge wobble? Or sway? Or is there some other word?
 

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A bridge can both wobble and sway.
 

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Wobble and sway were options in a multiple choice exercise in the Cambridge mock exam for the Certificate of Advanced English that I have done recently. I chose "wobble". But I don't remember the sentence where they were to be used. :cry: Can they be used in one and the same sentence? Are there any sentences in which only one of these words can be used?
The only thing I remember was the bridge _______ so much that....and something like the amplitude was mentioned
 

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In the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of 'wobble' includes 'unsteady'. Is it possible that the movements of 'wobble' are greater than those of 'sway'?

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A bridge would sway in the wind- was the weather mentioned?
 

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The Millennium Bridge in London, on its opening day, swayed dangerously purely due to the number of people walking on it. Although the press referred to it for a little while afterwards as the "Wobbly Bridge".
 
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