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Scurry vs Hobble - What's the difference?

scurry | hobble | Related terms |

Scurry is a related term of hobble.


As verbs the difference between scurry and hobble

is that scurry is to run away with quick light steps, to scamper while hobble is to fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.

As a noun hobble is

short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

scurry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • * 1964 ,
    • Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

    Derived terms

    * scurry away * scurry off

    Anagrams

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    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