Locomotion vs Walking - What's the difference?
locomotion | walking |
The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
(biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
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* 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
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Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
Characterized by or suitable for walking.
As nouns the difference between locomotion and walking
is that locomotion is the ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so while walking is form of walk|lang=en.As a verb walking is
present participle of lang=en.As an adjective walking is
incarnate as a human; living.locomotion
English
Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* locomotive * locomotor ----walking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
Rob Dorit
These 'Bots Are Made for Walking, passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}
Adjective
(-)- Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
- Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
- a walking tour
- good walking shoes
