Bumble vs Wander - What's the difference?
bumble | wander |
To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.
(lb) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
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*(Bible), (w) xi.37:
*:They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
(lb) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
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*(Bible), (Psalms) cxix.10:
*:O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
(lb) To commit adultery.
(lb) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
(lb) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
As nouns the difference between bumble and wander
is that bumble is a confusion, jumble or bumble can be a bumble-bee while wander is the act or instance of wandering.As verbs the difference between bumble and wander
is that bumble is to act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes or bumble can be to boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly while wander is (lb) to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.bumble
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Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia. English onomatopoeias Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.Verb
(bumbl)- Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.