Saunter vs Simmer - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between saunter and simmer

is that saunter is to stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace while simmer is to cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

is that saunter is a leisurely walk or stroll while simmer is the state or process of simmering.

(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.

* amble * stroll * wander

(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.

* simber (obsolete)

(-)

The state or process of simmering.

The kettle was kept on the simmer .

To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

The soup simmered on the stove.

To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.

* coddle

* simmer down

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