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Hobbled vs Faltering - What's the difference?

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Hobbled is a related term of faltering.


As verbs the difference between hobbled and faltering

is that hobbled is (hobble) while faltering is .

As a noun faltering is

hesitancy.

hobbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hobble)

    • hobble

    English

    Noun

  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * tether (rope)

    Verb

  • To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
    • (Charles Dickens)
  • To walk lame, or unevenly.
  • * Dryden
    • The friar was hobbling the same way too.
  • (figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
  • * Jeffreys
    • The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
  • To perplex; to embarrass.

    • Derived terms

    * hobble skirt * hobbly * unhobble

    faltering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • hesitancy
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 29, author=Barry Unsworth, title=Never Far From Despair, work=New York Times citation
    • , 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. }}

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