Gamble vs Ramble - What's the difference?
gamble | ramble |
A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
A risky venture
To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
To risk (something) for potential gain.
To interact with equipment at a casino
A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 16
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A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
(mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
As nouns the difference between gamble and ramble
is that gamble is a significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain while ramble is a leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.As verbs the difference between gamble and ramble
is that gamble is to take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome while ramble is to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.As a proper noun Gamble
is {{surname|lang=en}.gamble
English
(wikipedia gamble)Noun
(en noun)- ''The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.
Verb
(gambl)- He gambled his reputation on the outcome.
See also
* game of chanceramble
English
Noun
(en noun)- Marianne was prevailed upon to join her sisters in their usual walk, instead of wandering away by herself. Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles . If her sisters intended to walk on the downs, she directly stole away towards the lanes
- (Raymond)
Verb
- Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.