Shamble vs Trudge - What's the difference?
shamble | trudge |
To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
(mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
To trudge along or over a route etc.
As verbs the difference between shamble and trudge
is that shamble is to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet while trudge is to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.As nouns the difference between shamble and trudge
is that shamble is (mining) one of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level while trudge is a tramp, ie a long and tiring walk.shamble
English
Verb
(shambl)- I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.
Synonyms
* shuffleNoun
(en noun)See also
* shamblestrudge
English
Verb
(trudg)- This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Age—the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.