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Dodders vs Doddery - What's the difference?

dodders | doddery |

As a verb dodders

is third-person singular of dodder.

As an adjective doddery is

doddering, trembly, shaky.

dodders

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dodder)

    • 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, * * * * * *

    doddery

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Doddering, trembly, shaky.
  • * 1994 , Laurie R King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice
    • That is not to say that he became a doddery old man — far from it. He was just a bit thoughtful at times, and I would catch him looking at me pensively...
  • * 1999 , Terence Rattigan, Benoît Delhomme, David Mamet, The Winslow Boy
    • The old boy's so doddery now he can hardly finish the course at all. I timed him today. It took him seventy-five seconds...