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Strolling vs Walking - What's the difference?

strolling | walking |

As verbs the difference between strolling and walking

is that strolling is present participle of lang=en while walking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between strolling and walking

is that strolling is the taking of a stroll while walking is form of walk|lang=en.

As an adjective walking is

incarnate as a human; living.

strolling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The taking of a stroll.
  • * 1821 , John Foster, An essay on the evils of popular ignorance (page 147)

    • walking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
    • Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Rob Dorit
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= These 'Bots Are Made for Walking , passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • as a human; living.
    • Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
  • Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  • Characterized by or suitable for walking.
    • a walking tour
    good walking shoes

    Derived terms

    * walking bass * walking cane * walking carpet * walking cast * walking fern * walking frame * walking papers * walking patient * walking stick * walking wounded

    See also

    * shanks' pony