Stroll vs Err - What's the difference?
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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.
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*: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.
To make a mistake.
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To sin.
(archaic) to stray.
As verbs the difference between stroll and err
is that stroll is to wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove while err is to make a mistake.As a noun stroll
is a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.stroll
English
Verb
(en verb)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.}}
Synonyms
* range, roam, rove, straySee also
* strollerAnagrams
*err
English
Verb
(en verb)- Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
