“Tooters” or “Tutors”—Which to use?

“Tooters” or “Tutors”

Overview

tooters / tutors 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

tooters: NA

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

Pronunciation

tooters: NA

tutors: t·UW·t·er·z

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Examples in Context

Examples of “tooters”

…want to be X any more!"
…in time and to various locales.

Examples of “tutors”

…most prosperous inhabitants employed private tutors, the use of which was…
…mother, with occasional instruction from tutors.
…himself by his parents and tutors in San Francisco, but he…
…became one of her other tutors.
…other learners, between learners and tutors; between a learning community and…
Tutors include: Annie Griffen, theatre; Nicholas…
…be office workers and peer tutors.
…the eighteenth-century peers made their tutors under-secretaries; in the twentieth under-secretaries…
…highly interactive workbooks, and trained tutors who are themselves from rural…
Private tutors solved the problem of transport…

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