Dodder vs Odder - What's the difference?
dodder | odder |
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.
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.
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(not comparable) Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.
(obsolete) Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.
Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.
Strange, unusual.
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(not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.
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(not comparable) Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.
(not comparable) Casual, irregular, not planned.
(not comparable, in combination with a number, not comparable) About, approximately.
(not comparable) Not divisible by two; not even.
As a proper noun dodder
is a river in ireland, a tributary of the liffey.As an adjective odder is
(odd).dodder
English
Etymology 1
(etyl)Verb
(en verb)- 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) * dodderyEtymology 2
Noun
(wikipedia dodder) (en noun)Synonyms
* angel hair,Hyponyms
* dodder, * * * * * *odder
English
Adjective
(head)odd
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.