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Ramble vs Stroll - What's the difference?

ramble | stroll |

As nouns the difference between ramble and stroll

is that ramble is a leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside while stroll is a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

As verbs the difference between ramble and stroll

is that ramble is to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course while stroll is to wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

ramble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
  • * 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 16
  • 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
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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.
  • (Raymond)
  • A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
  • Verb

  • 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.
  • Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.

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    stroll

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
  • *(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
  • *:These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • To go somewhere with ease.
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  • *:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?!  You?!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
  • Synonyms

    * range, roam, rove, stray

    See also

    * stroller

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