Roaming vs Peripatetic - What's the difference?
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(countable) An instance of wandering.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 15, author=Judith Martin, title=It Started in Naples, work=New York Times
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(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.
(uncountable, computing, telecommunications) The use of a network or service from different locations or devices.
Tending to walk about.
Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.
(usually, capitalized) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded.
* Howell
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
(usually, capitalized) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
* 1961 , Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics , 11:
Roaming is a related term of peripatetic.
As nouns the difference between roaming and peripatetic
is that roaming is (countable) an instance of wandering while peripatetic is a disciple of aristotle; an aristotelian.As a verb roaming
is .As an adjective peripatetic is
of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of aristotle, or to his followers.roaming
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(wikipedia roaming)Verb
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Alternative forms
* peripatetick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The true peripatetic school.
Noun
(en noun)- He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.