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Tatter vs Totter - What's the difference?

tatter | totter |

As nouns the difference between tatter and totter

is that tatter is a shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing while totter is an unsteady movement or gait.

As verbs the difference between tatter and totter

is that tatter is to destroy an article of clothing by shredding while totter is to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

tatter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
  • A person engaged in tatting.
  • Verb

  • To destroy an article of clothing by shredding.
  • totter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an unsteady movement or gait
  • (archaic) A rag and bone man.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter , slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • (archaic) To collect junk or scrap.
  • Synonyms

    * (move unsteadily) teeter, toddle, sway