Strolled vs Sauntered - What's the difference?
strolled | sauntered |
(stroll)
To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
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, title= To go somewhere with ease.
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*:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?! You?! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
(saunter)
To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace
* Masson
A leisurely walk or stroll.
* 1814 , Elizabeth Hervey, Amabel: Volume 1 (page 53)
A leisurely pace.
(obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.
* Young
As verbs the difference between strolled and sauntered
is that strolled is (stroll) while sauntered is (saunter).strolled
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*stroll
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(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Synonyms
* range, roam, rove, straySee also
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*sauntered
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* *saunter
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(en verb)- One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.
Synonyms
* amble * stroll * wanderNoun
(en noun)- Caroline
- That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.