Falter vs Talkative - What's the difference?

As a noun falter

is unsteadiness.

is to waver or be unsteady.

tending to talk a lot.

(-)

unsteadiness.

(en verb)

To waver or be unsteady.

* Wiseman

He found his legs falter .

(ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

* Byron

And here he faltered forth his last farewell.

* Milton

With faltering speech and visage incomposed.

To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.

* I. Taylor

Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters .

To stumble.

(figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).

And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter .

To hesitate in purpose or action.

* Shakespeare

Ere her native king / Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms.

To cleanse or sift, as barley.

(Halliwell)

(en adjective)

Tending to talk a lot.

Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

* chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, outgoing, talksome * long-winded, logorrheic, verbose * indiscreet, outspoken * See also

* dour, monosyllabic, sullen, withdrawn * laconic, taciturn, terse, uncommunicative * mute, quiet, silent

* talkativeness