Tiptoe vs Amble - What's the difference?
tiptoe | amble |
Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
* Shakespeare
* Byron
Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
* Cowper
To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
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, title= An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
An easy gait, especially that of a horse (as above).
To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
Of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
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As verbs the difference between tiptoe and amble
is that tiptoe is to walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground while amble is .As a noun tiptoe
is the tips of one's toes collectively.As an adjective tiptoe
is standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.tiptoe
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(wikipedia tiptoe)Alternative forms
* tip-toe * tippytoe, tippy-toeDerived terms
* on tiptoeAdjective
(-)- Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
- above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory
- with tiptoe step
Verb
(d)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.}}
