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Dodder vs Dither - What's the difference?

dodder | dither |

As verbs the difference between dodder and dither

is that dodder is to shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter while dither is to tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.

As nouns the difference between dodder and dither

is that dodder is any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family family: Cuscutaceae, recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae while dither is the state of being undecided.

As a proper noun Dodder

is a river in Ireland, a tributary of the Liffey.

dodder

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
  • * 2013, , (The Childhood of Jesus) , Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, pp. 59-60.
    • Their neighbours have been, on one side, an old man who dodders around in his dressing gown talking to himself, and on the other a stand-offish couple who pretend not to understand the Spanish he speaks.
    Derived terms
    * dodderer * doddering (adj) * doddery

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (wikipedia dodder) (en noun)
  • Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta''. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family '' , recent genetic research by the (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group) has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
    • Synonyms
    * angel hair,
    Hyponyms
    * dodder, * * * * * *

    dither

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being undecided.
  • * 2002 , Thomas P. Glynn, A Child's Christmas In Chicago , page 59:
  • *:Everyone was in a dither'''; either in it or about to get in it or just climbing out of it. Naturally, the Madam was not in a '''dither'''. '''Dither was a foreign concept to her.
  • A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.
  • To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Sept. 22nd issue, '' Indian Reform: At Last
  • *:The dithering Mr Singh of recent times may worry that his reform proposals are already too bold. The reforming Mr Singh of yore would see them as just the start.
  • To do something nervously.
  • (computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.

    • Derived terms

    * ditherer

    Anagrams

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