Stutter vs Assure - What's the difference?
stutter | assure | Related terms |
(ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
To exhaust a gas with difficulty
A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
(obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
To make sure and secure.
To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
(obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
To reassure.
Stutter is a related term of assure.
As verbs the difference between stutter and assure
is that stutter is (ambitransitive) to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds while assure is .As nouns the difference between stutter and assure
is that stutter is a speech disorder characterised by stuttering while assure is insuree.As an adjective assure is
insured.stutter
English
(wikipedia stutter)Verb
(en verb)- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- The engine of the old car stuttered''' going up the slope. I was '''stuttering after the marathon .
Synonyms
* (speak with spasmodic repetition) stammerNoun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* stammerDerived terms
* covert stutter * pseudostuttering * stutterer English reporting verbsassure
English
Verb
(assur)- I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
- He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
- That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure .
