Ramble vs Perambulate - What's the difference?
ramble | perambulate |
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.
To walk about, roam or stroll.
To inspect (an area) on foot.
As verbs the difference between ramble and perambulate
is that ramble is to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course while perambulate is to walk about, roam or stroll.As a noun ramble
is a leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.ramble
English
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.
