Stutter vs Stuttering - What's the difference?
stutter | stuttering |
(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.
A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
An instance of stuttering.
That stutters.
(figuratively) Hesitant.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 29
, author=Chris Whyatt
, title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC
As verbs the difference between stutter and stuttering
is that stutter is to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds while stuttering is present participle of stutter.As nouns the difference between stutter and stuttering
is that stutter is a speech disorder characterised by stuttering while stuttering is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.As an adjective stuttering is
that stutters.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 verbsstuttering
English
(wikipedia stuttering)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* stammeringDerived terms
* covert stutteringVerb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Relieved Chelsea halted their worst run of form since 1999 as a stuttering victory over Bolton gave the champions a first league win in seven matches}}