Skedaddle vs Wander - What's the difference?
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To move or run away quickly.
(lb) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
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*(Bible), (w) xi.37:
*:They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
(lb) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
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*(Bible), (Psalms) cxix.10:
*:O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
(lb) To commit adultery.
(lb) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
(lb) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
Skedaddle is a related term of wander.
As verbs the difference between skedaddle and wander
is that skedaddle is to move or run away quickly while wander is (lb) to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.As a noun wander is
the act or instance of wandering.skedaddle
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Verb
(en-verb)- The sheep skedaddled as soon as the shepherd’s dog came near .