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Stray vs Drifting - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between stray and drifting

is that stray is any domestic animal that has an enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray while drifting is (motorsports) a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.

As verbs the difference between stray and drifting

is that stray is to wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way while drifting is .

As adjectives the difference between stray and drifting

is that stray is having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep while drifting is moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.

stray

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any domestic animal that has an enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
  • (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
  • The act of wandering or going astray.
  • (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
  • * Denham
    • Thames among the wanton valleys strays .
  • To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
  • (figurative) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • It was a derby that left Manchester United a long way back in Manchester City’s wing-mirrors and, in the worst moments, straying dangerously close to being their own worst enemy.
  • To cause to stray.
  • * 1591 , , V. i. 51:
    • Hath not else his eye / Strayed his affection in unlawful love,

    Synonyms

    * deviate

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.
  • In the wrong place; misplaced.
    • a stray comma

    Derived terms

    * stray line * stray mark

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    drifting

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
    • The drifting seaweed went where ever the currents pushed it.

    Noun

  • (motorsports) A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.
  • The act by which something drifts.
  • * 2009 , Mazo de la Roche, Whiteoak Heritage (page 204)
    • Still, she did not regret him, for nothing Ernest could have given her would have equalled the delight of those romantic driftings on the lake with Eden.

    Verb

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