tremor vs quake

tremor and quake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tremor	Yes	No	Yes	No
quake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, quake is a hypernym of tremor; that is, quake is a word with a broader meaning than tremor:

tremor: a small earthquake
quake: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

Other hypernyms of tremor include earthquake, seism, temblor.

As verbs, tremor and quake are synonyms defined as:

tremor (noun)	quake (noun)
an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)	shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
a small earthquake
shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)

tremor (verb)	quake (verb)
shake with seismic vibrations	shake with fast, tremulous movements
	shake with seismic vibrations