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“Tooter” or “Tutor”

Overview

tooter / tutor are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

tooter: NA

tutor: (verb) be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction. (verb) act as a guardian to someone.

Pronunciation

tooter: NA

tutor: t·UW·t·er

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Examples in Context

Examples of “tooter”

  • "Tooter Turtle" debuted on NBC, on
  • where X was whatever destiny Tooter had entered.
  • Tonkin Incident, the episode featuring Tooter traveling back to WW I
  • Mr. Wizard would always give Tooter the same advice: "Be just
  • Tooter (voiced by Allen Swift) calls
  • When Tooter's trip finally became a catastrophe,
  • Tooter Turtle (sometimes spelled Tudor or
  • Snafu Safari (Trackdown Tooter)
  • As Tooter is doing his destiny, Mr.
  • box, Mr. Wizard would shrink Tooter small enough to enter through

Examples of “tutor”

  • had greatly admired his philosophy tutor, Brentano, who was known for
  • Imperial Family, even becoming a tutor for Princess Isabel's children.
  • Johnston is appointed as Puyi's tutor and gives him a Western-style
  • She marries Laurie's tutor, John Brooke, and gives birth
  • falls in love with Laurie's tutor John Brooke.
  • Stoltz as John Brooke, Laurie's tutor and Meg's eventual husband.
  • hoc jobs: he was a tutor, wrote reader reports, translated, and
  • (1914)The Keech Banjulele and Ukulele Tutor by the Keech Brothers with
  • between 1921 and 1923 and tutor from 1927 to 1934.
  • Seneca (Roman, 4 BC–AD 65), tutor to Roman emperor Nero, maintained


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