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Walking vs Trudge - What's the difference?

walking | trudge |

As verbs the difference between walking and trudge

is that walking is present participle of lang=en while trudge is to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.

As nouns the difference between walking and trudge

is that walking is form of walk|lang=en while trudge is a tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

As an adjective walking

is incarnate as a human; living.

walking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
    • Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Rob Dorit
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= These 'Bots Are Made for Walking , passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • as a human; living.
    • Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
  • Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  • Characterized by or suitable for walking.
    • a walking tour
    good walking shoes

    Derived terms

    * walking bass * walking cane * walking carpet * walking cast * walking fern * walking frame * walking papers * walking patient * walking stick * walking wounded

    See also

    * shanks' pony

    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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