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Totter vs Vibrate - What's the difference?

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Totter is a related term of vibrate.


As nouns the difference between totter and vibrate

is that totter is an unsteady movement or gait while vibrate is the setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.

As verbs the difference between totter and vibrate

is that totter is to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall while vibrate is to move with small movements rapidly to and fro.

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.
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  • (archaic) To collect junk or scrap.
  • Synonyms

    * (move unsteadily) teeter, toddle, sway

    vibrate

    English

    Verb

  • To move with small movements rapidly to and fro.
  • To resonate.
  • Her mind vibrates with excitement.
  • To brandish; to swing to and fro.
  • to vibrate a sword or a staff
  • To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
  • a pendulum vibrating seconds
  • To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
  • * Holder
  • Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may impress a swift, tremulous motion.
  • * Tennyson
  • Star to star vibrates light.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
  • Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.

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