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Tiptoe vs Tow - What's the difference?

tiptoe | tow |

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-toe

Noun

(en noun)
  • The tips of one's toes collectively.
  • Derived terms

    * on tiptoe

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
  • * Byron
  • above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory
  • Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
  • * Cowper
  • with tiptoe step

    Verb

    (d)
  • To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
  • *, chapter=13
  • , title= 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) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia tow) (en noun)
  • The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
  • It isn't the car's battery, I think I need a tow .
  • Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
  • Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
  • A rope or cable used in towing.
  • Derived terms
    * in tow / on tow * tow rope * tow truck * towy * under tow * undertow

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An untwisted bundle of fibers such as , flax, hemp or jute.
  • Derived terms
    * tow haired * towhead

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