Circuitous vs Zigzag - What's the difference?
circuitous | zigzag | Related terms |
Not direct or to the point.
Of a long and winding route.
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, passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}
a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
one of such sharp turns
Moving in, or having a zigzag.
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To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
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As adjectives the difference between circuitous and zigzag
is that circuitous is not direct or to the point while zigzag is moving in, or having a zigzag.As a noun zigzag is
a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.As a verb zigzag is
to move or to twist in a zigzag manner.As an adverb zigzag is
in a zigzag manner or pattern.As a proper noun Zigzag is
a small town in Oregon.circuitous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (not direct): indirect * (of a winding route): roundaboutzigzag
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- between two spears of rock, directly in line with his position, showed a zigzag crack that at night would let through the gleam of sky.
Verb
- At the base this vent was dark, cool, and smelled of dry, musty dust. It zigzagged so that he could not see ahead more than a few yards at a time.