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Roving vs Cursory - What's the difference?

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Roving is a related term of cursory.


As adjectives the difference between roving and cursory

is that roving is wandering freely while cursory is hasty; superficial; careless.

As a verb roving

is .

As a noun roving

is a long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.

roving

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • wandering freely.
  • :His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.
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    • It could complicate things for our little household. Particularly when Larry’s roving eye is factored in.

    Synonyms

    * wandering

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.

    • cursory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • hasty; superficial; careless
    • Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
  • (obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

    • Derived terms

    * cursorily * cursoriness

    See also

    * cursor