Toddle vs Totter - What's the difference?
toddle | totter | Synonyms |
To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
To walk in a carefree manner.
To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
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Totter is a synonym of toddle.
As verbs the difference between toddle and totter
is that toddle is to walk unsteadily, as a small child does while totter is to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.As a noun totter is
an unsteady movement or gait.toddle
English
Verb
- There he was, just toddling along.
Synonyms
* totterDerived terms
* toddler * toddle offtotter
English
Verb
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