Faltering vs Timid - What's the difference?
faltering | timid |
hesitancy
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 29, author=Barry Unsworth, title=Never Far From Despair, work=New York Times
, passage=But it is the doubt thrown on the prospect of arrival, the falterings of purpose and belief, the renewals of hope that give the novel its drive and energy. }}
Lacking in courage or confidence.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19
As a verb faltering
is .As a noun faltering
is hesitancy.As an adjective timid is
timid; shy.faltering
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*timid
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(er)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}