Quake vs Totter - What's the difference?
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A trembling]] or [[shake, shaking.
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
(lb) To tremble or shake.
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*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
To cause to tremble or shake.
:(Shakespeare)
To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
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, title= (archaic) To collect junk or scrap.
Quake is a related term of totter.
As nouns the difference between quake and totter
is that quake is a trembling]] or [[shake|shaking while totter is an unsteady movement or gait.As verbs the difference between quake and totter
is that quake is (lb) to tremble or shake while totter is to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.quake
English
Noun
(en noun)- We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by .
- California is plagued by quakes ; there are a few minor ones almost every month .
Verb
Derived terms
* Quaker ----totter
English
Verb
(en verb)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter , slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}