Dodder vs Quaver - What's the difference?
dodder | quaver |
To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
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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.
a trembling shake.
a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
to shake in a trembling manner.
to use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
To utter quaveringly.
* Addison
As a proper noun dodder
is a river in ireland, a tributary of the liffey.As a noun quaver is
a trembling shake.As a verb quaver is
to shake in a trembling manner.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, * * * * * *quaver
English
(wikipedia quaver)Noun
(en noun)See also
* breve * crotchet * longa * minim * semibreveVerb
- We shall hear her quavering them to some sprightly airs of the opera.