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Totter vs Rotter - What's the difference?

totter | rotter |

As nouns the difference between totter and rotter

is that totter is an unsteady movement or gait while rotter is a worthless, despicable person.

As a verb totter

is to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

totter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an unsteady movement or gait
  • (archaic) A rag and bone man.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • (archaic) To collect junk or scrap.

    • Synonyms

    * (move unsteadily) teeter, toddle, sway

    Related terms

    * teeter-totter * topple

    rotter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A worthless, despicable person.
  • (British, slang) A scoundrel.
  • (British, slang, journalism) A non-accredited journalist.
  • * {{quote-news, author=Daniel Taylor, title=David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=31 January 2015 citation
    • , passage=pparently it was the fault of Jamie Redknapp and all the other rotters in the media that Diego Costa was suspended and Mourinho, in turn, was applying his own ban.}}

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