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Absentminded vs Wandering - What's the difference?

absentminded | wandering |

As adjectives the difference between absentminded and wandering

is that absentminded is while wandering is which wanders; travelling from place to place.

As a noun wandering is

travelling with no preset route; roaming.

As a verb wandering is

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absentminded

English

Alternative forms

* absent-minded

Adjective

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    wandering

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
  • (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.
    • a wandering''' kidney; a '''wandering liver

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from wandering) * wandering abscess * wandering albatross * wandering cell * wandering dune * wandering Jew * wandering kidney * wandering liver * wandering mouse * wandering pacemaker * wandering sequence * wandering set * wandering spider * wandering tattler

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Travelling with no preset route; roaming.
  • Irregular turning of the eyes.
  • Aimless thought.
  • Straying from a desired path.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.

    • Verb

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