Ramble vs Mooch - What's the difference?
ramble | mooch |
A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 16
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A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
(mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
(British) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
* 1990 , p. 26, Michael L. Frankel & friends, Gently with the Tides , Center for Marine Conservation, Washington (DC), ISBN 1879269-007, p. 26,
(British) To steal or filch.
* 1922 , , The Middle of Things , ch. 16,
One who mooches; a moocher.
As nouns the difference between ramble and mooch
is that ramble is a leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside while mooch is one who mooches; a moocher.As verbs the difference between ramble and mooch
is that ramble is to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course while mooch is (british) to wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.ramble
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Noun
(en noun)- Marianne was prevailed upon to join her sisters in their usual walk, instead of wandering away by herself. Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles . If her sisters intended to walk on the downs, she directly stole away towards the lanes
- (Raymond)
Verb
- Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.
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* (l)Verb
(es)- I managed to mooch my way up the journalistic ladder to the next, more impressive level of “Interviewer”.
- These chaps that mooch about, as Hyde was doing, pick up all sorts of odds and ends. He may have pinched them from a chemist’s shop.