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Roaming vs Peripatetic - What's the difference?

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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

Verb

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  • Noun

  • (countable) An instance of wandering.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 15, author=Judith Martin, title=It Started in Naples, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings , and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.}}
  • (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.
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    peripatetic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * peripatetick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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
  • The true peripatetic school.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
  • He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.

    Synonyms

    * (one who walks) itinerant, pedestrian, nomad

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