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Roam vs Lunge - What's the difference?

roam | lunge | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between roam and lunge

is that roam is to wander or travel freely and with no specific destination while lunge is to make a sudden forward movement (present participle: {{term|lunging}}).

As a noun lunge is

a sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

roam

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]
    • Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam . Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.
  • (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
  • To or wander over.
  • * (John Milton)
    • And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

    Synonyms

    * (wander freely) err, shrithe, wander

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    lunge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * longe (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Kevin Darlin , title=West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.}}
  • A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and is used to control the animal while lungeing.
  • An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning back to a standing position.
  • A fish, the namaycush.

    • Derived terms

    * lunge whip

    Verb

  • To make a sudden forward movement (present participle: (lunging)).
  • To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: (lunging) or (lungeing)).

    • Noun

  • a lung
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