Standby vs Loiter - What's the difference?
standby | loiter |
State of readiness without being immediately involved.
(travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.
* {{quote-news, author=Daniel Taylor, title=David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=31 January 2015
, passage=Agüero, as usual, was loitering with intent and swung his left foot at the ball. The shot was going wide but Silva was there to apply the decisive touch inside the six-yard area.}}
As verbs the difference between standby and loiter
is that standby is wait briefly: an alternative spelling of nocap=1|lang=en while loiter is to stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.As a noun standby
is state of readiness without being immediately involved.standby
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Alternative forms
* stand-byNoun
(en noun)- ''The troops were on standby in case of an attack.
- That recipe is an old standby , and she keeps the ingredients around in case of unexpected guests.
Verb
- Standby while I check that for you.
loiter
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Verb
(en verb)- For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
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