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Trudge vs Scurry - What's the difference?

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Trudge is a related term of scurry.


As verbs the difference between trudge and scurry

is that trudge is to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps while scurry is to run away with quick light steps, to scamper.

As a noun trudge

is a tramp, ie a long and tiring walk.

trudge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

    • Verb

    (trudg)
  • To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Age—the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.
  • To trudge along or over a route etc.

    • Derived terms

    * trudger

    References

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    scurry

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • * 1964 ,
    • Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

    Derived terms

    * scurry away * scurry off

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