Itinerant vs Peripatetic - What's the difference?
itinerant | peripatetic |
Habitually travelling from place to place.
* Blackstone
One who travels from place to place.
(Ireland) a member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
Tending to walk about.
Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.
(usually, capitalized) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded.
* Howell
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
(usually, capitalized) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
* 1961 , Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics , 11:
Peripatetic is a synonym of itinerant.
As adjectives the difference between itinerant and peripatetic
is that itinerant is habitually travelling from place to place while peripatetic is tending to walk about.As nouns the difference between itinerant and peripatetic
is that itinerant is one who travels from place to place while peripatetic is one who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.itinerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an itinerant preacher or peddler
- The king's own courts were then itinerant , being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.
Noun
(en noun)External links
* (wikipedia "itinerant")peripatetic
English
Alternative forms
* peripatetick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The true peripatetic school.
Noun
(en noun)- He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.