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Hobbled vs Halting - What's the difference?

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Hobbled is a related term of halting.


As verbs the difference between hobbled and halting

is that hobbled is (hobble) while halting is .

As an adjective halting is

prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

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

    halting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken
    • his halting speech
    her halting steps

    Verb

    (head)

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