Toter vs Totter - What's the difference?
toter | totter |
One who totes or carries something.
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To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
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As nouns the difference between toter and totter
is that toter is one who totes or carries something while totter is an unsteady movement or gait.As a verb totter is
to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.toter
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Noun
(en noun)- Bible toters tend to carry the book around as a symbol of sanctity.
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See also
* stone-toter ----totter
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Verb
(en verb)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.}}