Hobbled vs Deformed - What's the difference?
hobbled | deformed | Related terms |
(hobble)
(en noun) (usually in plural )
Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
An unsteady, off-balance step.
To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
To walk lame, or unevenly.
* Dryden
(figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
* Jeffreys
To perplex; to embarrass.
Hobbled is a related term of deformed.
As verbs the difference between hobbled and deformed
is that hobbled is (hobble) while deformed is (deform).As an adjective deformed is
unusual of shape; misshapen.hobbled
English
Verb
(head)hobble
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Noun
Synonyms
* tether (rope)Verb
- (Charles Dickens)
- The friar was hobbling the same way too.
- The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
