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Tottering vs Abundance - What's the difference?

tottering | abundance |

As nouns the difference between tottering and abundance

is that tottering is the movement of one who totters while abundance is a large quantity; many .

As an adjective tottering

is unsteady, precarious or rickety.

As a verb tottering

is .

tottering

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
  • Unstable, insecure or wobbly.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The movement of one who totters.
  • * George Moore
    • Its faint descent tried the powers of the horse to keep back the car, and so feeble were his totterings that I began to fear we should miss the train

    Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, unsteady, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    abundance

    English

    (wikipedia abundance)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) abundaunce * (obsolete) habundance * (obsolete) boundance * (card games) abondance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large quantity; many.
  • An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
  • * (rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh)
    • It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
  • Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
  • Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
  • (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.

    • Usage notes

    * Synonym notes: Abundance , Plenty]], [[exuberance, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. ** Plenty'' denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, ''plenty'' of food, ''plenty of money, etc. ** Abundance'' express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, ''abundance'' of riches, an ''abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. ** Exuberance'' rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an ''exuberance'' of mirth, an ''exuberance of animal spirits, etc.

    Synonyms

    * exuberance, plenteousness, plenty, copiousness, overflow, riches, affluence, wealth

    Related terms

    * abound * abundant

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