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Saunter vs Walking - What's the difference?

saunter | walking |

As verbs the difference between saunter and walking

is that saunter is to stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace while walking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between saunter and walking

is that saunter is a leisurely walk or stroll while walking is form of walk|lang=en.

As an adjective walking is

incarnate as a human; living.

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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    walking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
  • Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Rob Dorit
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= These 'Bots Are Made for Walking , passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • as a human; living.
  • Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
  • Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  • Characterized by or suitable for walking.
  • a walking tour
    good walking shoes

    Derived terms

    * walking bass * walking cane * walking carpet * walking cast * walking fern * walking frame * walking papers * walking patient * walking stick * walking wounded

    See also

    * shanks' pony