Meander vs Mosey - What's the difference?
meander | mosey |
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.
(chiefly, US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
*1910 , , Kilmeny of the Orchard , chapter 1:
*:Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors.
(chiefly, US, dialectal) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
*1919 , , A Man Four-Square , chapter 6:
*:We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh.
As verbs the difference between meander and mosey
is that meander is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate while mosey is to set off, get going; to start a journey.As a noun meander
is a winding, crooked, or involved course.meander
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* (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)