The difference between Tipsy and Tottering

When used as adjectives, tipsy means slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages, whereas tottering means unsteady, precarious or rickety.


Tottering is also noun with the meaning: the movement of one who totters.

check bellow for the other definitions of Tipsy and Tottering

  1. Tipsy as an adjective (informal, slang):

    slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages

  2. Tipsy as an adjective (metonymy):

    unsteady, askew

  1. Tottering as a verb:

  1. Tottering as an adjective:

    Unsteady, precarious or rickety.

  2. Tottering as an adjective:

    Unstable, insecure or wobbly.

  1. Tottering as a noun:

    The movement of one who totters.