Traipse vs Slither - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between traipse and slither

is that traipse is to walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt while slither is to move about smoothly and from side to side.

As a noun traipse

is a long or tiring walk.

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

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slither

English

Verb

(en verb)

To move about smoothly and from side to side.

To slide

* 2003 , J. Flash, An American Savage

I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.

Derived terms

* slitherlink