different between stutter vs stuffer

English

Etymology

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?st???/
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Verb

stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

   He stuttered a few words of thanks.

2. (intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty

   The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.

Synonyms

• (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer

Translations

Noun

stutter (plural stutters)

1. A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.

   Synonym: stammer

2. (obsolete) One who stutters.

   Synonyms: stutterer, stammerer

   • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,^[1]

     And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Truetts, tutters

English

Etymology

stuff +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?f?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st?f?/
• Rhymes: -?f?(?)

Noun

stuffer (plural stuffers)

1. One who, or that which, stuffs.

   a cushion-stuffer

2. A taxidermist.
3. Something which is stuffed into an enclosure, especially an advertising circular included with other mail.
4. One who conceals a package of illegal drugs by swallowing them.

Derived terms

• envelope stuffer
• stocking stuffer

Anagrams

• Tuffers, restuff, ruffest