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Stroll vs Strode - What's the difference?

stroll | strode |

As verbs the difference between stroll and strode

is that stroll is to wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove while strode is simple past of stride.

As a noun stroll

is a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

stroll

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
  • *(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
  • *:These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
  • *, chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • To go somewhere with ease.
  • *
  • *:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?!  You?!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

    • Synonyms

    * range, roam, rove, stray

    See also

    * stroller

    Anagrams

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    strode

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stride)
  • *2011 The Economist " Obituary: Whitney Houston" 18 February 2012:
  • *:an impeccably poised young woman who had strode out in an evening gown

    • Anagrams

    * * * * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms