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Roving vs Saunter - What's the difference?

roving | saunter |

As verbs the difference between roving and saunter

is that roving is while saunter is to stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.

As nouns the difference between roving and saunter

is that roving is a long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn while saunter is a leisurely walk or stroll.

As an adjective roving

is wandering freely.

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.

    • saunter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace
  • * Masson
    • One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.

    Synonyms

    * amble * stroll * wander

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A leisurely walk or stroll.
  • * 1814 , Elizabeth Hervey, Amabel: Volume 1 (page 53)
    • Caroline
  • A leisurely pace.
  • (obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.
  • * Young
    • That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.

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