Trowl vs Prowl - What's the difference?
trowl | prowl |
To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
* Sir Philip Sidney
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To idle; to go about aimlessly.
(obsolete) To collect by plunder.
As verbs the difference between trowl and prowl
is that trowl is (entice fish with bait) while prowl is to rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.As a noun prowl is
(colloquial) the act of prowling.prowl
English
Verb
- He prowls each place, still in new colours decked.
- Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
- It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users prowling the Recent Changes page.
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- That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.
- to prowl money