Falter vs. Faulter: What's the Difference?

To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence; waver

(obsolete) One who commits a fault.

To speak hesitatingly; stammer

One who commits a fault.

To move unsteadily or haltingly; stumble

To become weak, ineffective, or unsteady, especially in performance

Unsteadiness in speech or action

A faltering sound

An unsteadiness.

To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.

(ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.

To stumble.

(figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).

To hesitate in purpose or action.

To cleanse or sift, as barley.

To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.

To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.

To hesitate in purpose or action.

To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; - said of the mind or of thought.

To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.

Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.

The act of pausing uncertainly;

Be unsure or weak;

Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

Walk unsteadily;

Speak haltingly;