masturbate vs jerk off

masturbate and jerk off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
masturbate	No	No	Yes	No
jerk off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, masturbate and jerk off are synonyms defined as:

masturbate and jerk off: get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

Other synonyms of masturbate include fuck off, jack off, she-bop, wank.

masturbate (verb)	jerk off (verb)
get sexual gratification through self-stimulation	get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
stimulate sexually