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
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Tipsy as an adjective (informal, slang):
slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
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Tipsy as an adjective (metonymy):
unsteady, askew
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Tottering as a verb:
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Tottering as an adjective:
Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
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Tottering as an adjective:
Unstable, insecure or wobbly.
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Tottering as a noun:
The movement of one who totters.