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Walkout vs Walkabout - What's the difference?

walkout | walkabout |

As nouns the difference between walkout and walkabout

is that walkout is a sudden stoppage of work; a strike while walkabout is (australian aboriginal) a nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes.

walkout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a sudden stoppage of work; a strike
  • a similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest

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    * walk out

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    walkabout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australian aboriginal) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes
  • A walking trip
  • (British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally
  • An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.
  • (Australian)Colloquially used to denote any missing or stolen object ie. "The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout."
    • (public stroll) * Dutch: , (trans-bottom) Australian Aboriginal English