Dawdle vs Meander - What's the difference?
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In lang=en terms the difference between dawdle and meander is that dawdle is to move or walk lackadaisically while meander is to wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. As verbs the difference between dawdle and meander is that dawdle is to spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time while meander is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate. As nouns the difference between dawdle and meander is that dawdle is a dawdler while meander is a winding, crooked, or involved course.
dawdle English
Verb
( dawdl)
To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.
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* Johnson
- Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me.
To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
- to dawdle away the whole morning
To move or walk lackadaisically.
- If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won't get as much exercise.
* Thackeray
- We dawdle up and down Pall Mall.
See also
* dally, dander, dandle, diddle, loaf, piddle, wander, doodle
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meander English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Noun
( wikipedia meander)
( en noun)
A winding, crooked, or involved course.
- the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
* Sir R. Blackmore
- While lingering rivers in meanders glide.
A tortuous or intricate movement.
Fretwork.
(math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
Derived terms
* meander belt
* meanderer
* meandering
* meanderian
* meanderic
* meanderiform
* meanderine
* meander line
* meander loop
* meandrous
* meandry
Verb
( en verb)
To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
- The stream meandered through the valley.
To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
- (Dryton)
References
* The Chambers Dictionary (1998)
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