Overseas vs Wander - What's the difference?
overseas | wander |
Abroad.
Living (being resident) in a foreign country.
Across a sea.
Abroad.
Across a sea.
(lb) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
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*(Bible), (w) xi.37:
*:They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
(lb) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
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*(Bible), (Psalms) cxix.10:
*:O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
(lb) To commit adultery.
(lb) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
(lb) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
As an adjective overseas
is abroad.As an adverb overseas
is abroad.As a verb wander is
(lb) to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.As a noun wander is
the act or instance of wandering.overseas
English
Alternative forms
* (British) overseaAdjective
(-)- Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
- Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
- Her overseas trip went well.
Adverb
(-)- He emigrated and now lives overseas .