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Scramble vs Roam - What's the difference?

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Scramble is a related term of roam.


In lang=en terms the difference between scramble and roam

is that scramble is to gather or collect by scrambling while roam is to or wander over.

As verbs the difference between scramble and roam

is that scramble is to move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface while roam is to wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.

As an interjection scramble

is (uk) shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item.

As a noun scramble

is a rush or hurry.

scramble

English

Interjection

scramble!
  • (UK) shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item.

    • Verb

    (scrambl)
  • To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=18 April , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=As half-time approached Fabregas had another chance to give Barcelona the lead. He collected an incisive Messi pass and this time beat Cech, who required Cole to scramble back and clear the ball off the line.}}
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 3
    • When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.
  • To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
  • (transitive, of food ingredients, usually, including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
    • I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.
  • To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
  • (military) To quickly enter (vehicles, usually aircraft) and proceed to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
  • (sports) To partake in motocross.
  • To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
  • To gather or collect by scrambling.
    • to scramble up wealth
    (Marlowe)
  • To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
  • * Milton
    • Of other care they little reckoning make, / Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.

    Derived terms

    * scrambled eggs

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rush or hurry
  • (military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
  • A motocross race
  • Any frantic period of activity.
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    • Antonyms

    * sortie

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs

    roam

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]
    • Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam . Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.
  • (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
  • To or wander over.
  • * (John Milton)
    • And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

    Synonyms

    * (wander freely) err, shrithe, wander

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