Nomadic vs Walkabout - What's the difference?
nomadic | walkabout |
Of, or relating to nomads.
Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant.
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(Australian aboriginal) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes
A walking trip
(British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally
An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.
(Australian)Colloquially used to denote any missing or stolen object ie. "The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout."
(public stroll)
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Australian Aboriginal English
As a adjective nomadic
is of, or relating to nomads.As a noun walkabout is
(australian aboriginal) a nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes.nomadic
English
Alternative forms
* nomadick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}
