Ambulate vs Stroll - What's the difference?
ambulate | stroll |
To walk; to relocate one's self under the power of one's own legs.
To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
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*:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?! You?! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
As verbs the difference between ambulate and stroll
is that ambulate is to walk; to relocate one's self under the power of one's own legs while stroll is to wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.As a noun stroll is
a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.ambulate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.
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English
Verb
(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}