Hobble vs. Wobble — What's the Difference?

To walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; limp.

To move or rotate with an uneven or rocking motion or unsteadily from side to side.

To put a device around the legs of (a horse, for example) so as to hamper but not prevent movement.

To tremble or quaver

To cause to limp.

To waver or vacillate in one's opinions or feelings.

To hamper the action or progress of; impede.

To cause to wobble.

A hobbling walk or gait.

The act or an instance of wobbling; unsteady motion.

A device, such as a rope or strap, used to hobble an animal.

A tremulous, uncertain tone or sound

One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

An unsteady motion.

An unsteady, off-balance step.

A tremulous sound.

A difficult situation; a scrape.

(music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep

An odd job; a piece of casual work.

(genetics) A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid

To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.

(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

To walk lame, or unevenly.

(intransitive) To tremble or quaver.

(figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.

(intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.

To perplex; to embarrass.

(transitive) To cause to wobble.

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

See Wabble.

To move roughly or irregularly; - said of style in writing.

An unsteady rocking motion

To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.

Move unsteadily;

To perplex; to embarrass.

Move sideways or in an unsteady way;

An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.

Tremble or shake;

Same as Hopple.

Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

A shackle for the ankles or feet

The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

Hamper the action or progress of;

Strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison;