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Roving vs Discursive - What's the difference?

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Roving is a related term of discursive.


As adjectives the difference between roving and discursive

is that roving is wandering freely while discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling.

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.
  • * 1989 , , Concrete: Visible Breath , Dark Horse Books
    • 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.

    • discursive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
  • *
    • This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
  • (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

    • Derived terms

    * counterdiscursive

    See also

    * discourse ----