Tiptoe vs Tow - What's the difference?
tiptoe | tow |
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= The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
A rope or cable used in towing.
As nouns the difference between tiptoe and tow
is that tiptoe is the tips of one's toes collectively while tow is the act of towing and the condition of being towed.As verbs the difference between tiptoe and tow
is that tiptoe is to walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground while tow is to pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.As an adjective tiptoe
is standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.tiptoe
English
(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.}}
tow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia tow) (en noun)- It isn't the car's battery, I think I need a tow .