Seesaw vs Teeter - What's the difference?
seesaw | teeter |
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down; a teeter-totter
a series of up-and-down movements.
a series of alternating movements or feelings
* Sir W. Hamilton
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 5
, author=Phil Dawkes
, title=QPR 2 - 3 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
To use a seesaw.
To fluctuate.
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
* Ld. Lytton
As verbs the difference between seesaw and teeter
is that seesaw is to use a seesaw while teeter is to tilt back and forth on an edge.As a noun seesaw
is a structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down; a teeter-totter.As an adjective seesaw
is fluctuating.seesaw
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Alternative forms
* see-sawNoun
(en noun)- He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact.
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Synonyms
* (structure of a plank balanced in the middle) teeter-totterVerb
(en verb)- He seesaws himself to and fro.
