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Traipse vs Loitering - What's the difference?

traipse | loitering |

As verbs the difference between traipse and loitering

is that traipse is (obsolete) to walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt while loitering is .

As nouns the difference between traipse and loitering

is that traipse is a long or tiring walk while loitering is the action of the verb (loiter).

traipse

English

Alternative forms

* trapes

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
  • * 1728 , Alexander Pope, The Dunciad , Book III, ll. 140-4:
    • Lo next two slipshod Muses traipse along, In lofty madness, meditating song, / With tresses staring from poetic dreams, / And never wash'd, but in Castalia’s streams [...].
  • (colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
    • After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.
  • (colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
  • * 1874 , Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd :
    • She only got handy the Union-house on Sunday morning 'a b'lieve, and 'tis supposed here and there that she had traipsed every step of the way from Melchester.

    Synonyms

    * (walk about) gad, travel, walk * cover, travel, traverse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long or tiring walk.
    • It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.

    Synonyms

    * (long or tiring walk) hike, trek

    Anagrams

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    loitering

    English

    (wikipedia loitering)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb (loiter)