Toddle vs Meander - What's the difference?
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To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
To walk in a carefree manner.
A winding, crooked, or involved course.
* Sir R. Blackmore
A tortuous or intricate movement.
Fretwork.
(math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
Toddle is a related term of meander.
As verbs the difference between toddle and meander
is that toddle is to walk unsteadily, as a small child does while meander is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.As a noun meander is
a winding, crooked, or involved course.toddle
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Verb
- There he was, just toddling along.
Synonyms
* totterDerived terms
* toddler * toddle offmeander
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia meander) (en noun)- the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
- While lingering rivers in meanders glide.
Derived terms
* meander belt * meanderer * meandering * meanderian * meanderic * meanderiform * meanderine * meander line * meander loop * meandrous * meandryVerb
(en verb)- The stream meandered through the valley.
- (Dryton)