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Stroller vs Stroll - What's the difference?

stroller | stroll |

Stroller is a see also of stroll.


As nouns the difference between stroller and stroll

is that stroller is a seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children while stroll is a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

As a verb stroll is

to wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

stroller

English

(Baby transport)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.
  • One who strolls.
  • A vagrant.
  • * 1771 , Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker , Penguin Classics, 1985, p.41:
  • The mayor observed that it was great presumption in Wilson, who was a stroller , to proceed to such extremities with a gentleman of family and fortune; and threatened to commit him on the vagrant act.
  • Men's semiformal daytime dress comprising a grey or black single- or double-breasted coat, grey striped or checked formal trousers, a grey or silver necktie, and a grey, black or buff waistcoat.
  • Synonyms

    * (UK) pushchair * (UK) baby buggy

    See also

    * pram * pusher

    Anagrams

    *

    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

    *