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Saunter vs Plod - What's the difference?

saunter | plod |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between saunter and plod

is that saunter is (obsolete) a place for sauntering or strolling while plod is (obsolete) a puddle.

As verbs the difference between saunter and plod

is that saunter is to stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace while plod is to walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).

As nouns the difference between saunter and plod

is that saunter is a leisurely walk or stroll while plod is a slow or labored walk or other motion or activity or plod can be (obsolete) a puddle or plod can be the police, police officers.

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.

    References

    Anagrams

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    plod

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
  • We started at a brisk walk and ended at a plod .

    Verb

    (plodd)
  • To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island) Part One, Chapter 1
  • ** I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea chest following behind him in a handbarrow;
  • To trudge over or through.
  • To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
  • * Drayton
  • plodding schoolmen
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (English Citations of "plod")

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) plod. Cognate with (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A puddle.
  • Etymology 3

    From (PC Plod)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the police, police officers
  • (UK, mildly, derogatory, countable) a police officer, especially a low-ranking one.
  • Synonyms
    * (the police) see * (police officer) see