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Quaver vs Stammer - What's the difference?

quaver | stammer |

As verbs the difference between quaver and stammer

is that quaver is to shake in a trembling manner while stammer is .

As a noun quaver

is a trembling shake.

quaver

English

(wikipedia quaver)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a trembling shake.
  • a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
  • (music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

    • Related terms

    * semiquaver * demisemiquaver * hemidemisemiquaver

    See also

    * breve * crotchet * longa * minim * semibreve

    Verb

  • to shake in a trembling manner.
  • to use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
  • To utter quaveringly.
  • * Addison
    • We shall hear her quavering them to some sprightly airs of the opera.

    stammer

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

    • Synonyms

    * stutter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.