Stroll vs Hiking - What's the difference?
stroll | hiking |
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.
As nouns the difference between stroll and hiking
is that stroll is a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble while hiking is walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.As verbs the difference between stroll and hiking
is that stroll is to wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove while hiking is present participle of lang=en.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.}}
