What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Await vs Loiter - What's the difference?

await | loiter | Related terms |

Await is a related term of loiter.


As verbs the difference between await and loiter

is that await is (formal) to wait for while loiter is to stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.

As a noun await

is (label) a waiting for; ambush.

await

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (formal) To wait for.
  • * Milton
    • Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.}}
  • To expect.
  • To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
  • * 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,
    • Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.
  • * Milton
    • O Eve, some farther change awaits us nigh.
  • To wait on, serve or attend.
  • To watch, observe.
  • To wait (on or upon).
  • To wait; to stay in waiting.

    • Synonyms

    * (wait for) wait for, anticipate, listen (of a sound)

    Usage notes

    * As await means to wait for'', it is not followed by "for". ''*I am awaiting for your reply is therefore incorrect.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A waiting for; ambush.
  • (label) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
  • *, Book VII:
  • *:Also, madame, syte you well that there be many men spekith of oure love in this courte, and have you and me gretely in awayte , as thes Sir Aggravayne and Sir Mordred.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , VI.6:
  • *:For all that night, the whyles the Prince did rest […] He watcht in close awayt with weapons prest […].

    • References

    loiter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.
    • For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
  • * {{quote-news, author=Daniel Taylor, title=David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=31 January 2015 citation
    • , passage=Agüero, as usual, was loitering with intent and swung his left foot at the ball. The shot was going wide but Silva was there to apply the decisive touch inside the six-yard area.}}

    Anagrams

    *