tottering vs unsteady

tottering

adj
  • Unsteady, precarious or rickety. 

  • Unstable, insecure or wobbly. 

noun
  • The movement of one who totters. 

unsteady

adj
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. 

  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior. 

  • Lacking regularity or uniformity. 

verb
  • To render unsteady, removing balance. 

How often have the words tottering and unsteady occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )