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Straggle vs Meander - What's the difference?

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Straggle is a related term of meander.


As verbs the difference between straggle and meander

is that straggle is to stray from the road, course or line of march while meander is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

As nouns the difference between straggle and meander

is that straggle is the act of straggling while meander is a winding, crooked, or involved course.

straggle

English

Verb

(straggl)
  • To stray from the road, course or line of march.
  • He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.
  • To wander about; ramble.
  • * L'Estrange
  • The wolf spied out a straggling kid.
  • To spread at irregular intervals.
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  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=Then there was no more cover, for they straggled out, not in ranks but clusters, from among orange trees and tall, flowering shrubs
  • To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
  • * Mortimer
  • Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
  • To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • straggling pistol shots
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
  • They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks.

    Derived terms

    * (noun ) straggler * (adjective ) stragglingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of straggling.
  • (Carlyle)

    meander

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (wikipedia meander) (en noun)
  • A winding, crooked, or involved course.
  • the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
  • * Sir R. Blackmore
  • While lingering rivers in meanders glide.
  • A tortuous or intricate movement.
  • Fretwork.
  • (math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
  • Derived terms

    * meander belt * meanderer * meandering * meanderian * meanderic * meanderiform * meanderine * meander line * meander loop * meandrous * meandry

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
  • The stream meandered through the valley.
  • To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
  • (Dryton)

    References

    * The Chambers Dictionary (1998)

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