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Tot vs Toddler - What's the difference?

tot | toddler |

As nouns the difference between tot and toddler

is that tot is thunder while toddler is a young human being who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically two to three years old.

tot

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small child.
    • He learned to run when he was just a tot .
  • A measure of spirits, especially rum.
  • * 1897: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa
    • Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.
  • * 1916: Siegfried Sassoon, The Working Party
    • And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) A foolish fellow.
    • (Halliwell)

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of

    Verb

  • To sum or total.
    • Derived terms
    * tot up

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    toddler

    English

    (wikipedia toddler)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young human being who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically two to three years old.