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Meandering vs Crooked - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between meandering and crooked

is that meandering is present participle of lang=en while crooked is past tense of crook.

As adjectives the difference between meandering and crooked

is that meandering is winding or rambling while crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

As a noun meandering

is an instance or period or roaming.

meandering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • winding or rambling

    • Derived terms

    * meanderingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance or period or roaming.

    • crooked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From crook, equivalent to .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crook)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
    • We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  • Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
    • That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  • (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
    • He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.