What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Totter vs Throb - What's the difference?

totter | throb | Related terms |

Totter is a related term of throb.


As nouns the difference between totter and throb

is that totter is an unsteady movement or gait while throb is a beating, vibration or palpitation.

As verbs the difference between totter and throb

is that totter is to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall while throb is to pound or beat rapidly or violently.

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

    throb

    English

    Verb

    (throbb)
  • To pound or beat rapidly or violently
  • To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
  • # (of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
  • Derived terms

    * throbbingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beating, vibration or palpitation
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs , presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country}}

    Derived terms

    * throbber * heartthrob

    Anagrams

    *