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“Tooter” or “Tutor”

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.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

tooter

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

tutor t·UW·t·er

  • verbbe a tutor to someone; give individual instruction.
  • verbact as a guardian to someone.
Usage

Examples in context

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“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…

“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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