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Rhapsodize vs Ramble - What's the difference?

rhapsodize | ramble |

As verbs the difference between rhapsodize and ramble

is that rhapsodize is to show enthusiasm while ramble is to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.

As a noun ramble is

a leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.

rhapsodize

English

Alternative forms

* rhapsodise (Commonwealth)

Verb

(rhapsodiz)
  • to show enthusiasm
  • to recite a rhapsody
  • To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
  • (Sterne)

    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
  • *
  • 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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