Meander vs Amble - What's the difference?
meander | amble |
A winding, crooked, or involved course.
* Sir R. Blackmore
A tortuous or intricate movement.
Fretwork.
(math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
An easy gait, especially that of a horse (as above).
To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
Of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
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In intransitive terms the difference between meander and amble
is that meander is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate while amble is of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.meander
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia meander) (en noun)- the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
- While lingering rivers in meanders glide.
Derived terms
* meander belt * meanderer * meandering * meanderian * meanderic * meanderiform * meanderine * meander line * meander loop * meandrous * meandryVerb
(en verb)- The stream meandered through the valley.
- (Dryton)