Wander vs Miswander - What's the difference?
wander | miswander |
(lb) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
:
*(Bible), (w) xi.37:
*:They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
*
*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
*
*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
(lb) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
:
*(Bible), (Psalms) cxix.10:
*:O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
(lb) To commit adultery.
(lb) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
(lb) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
(obsolete) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.
As verbs the difference between wander and miswander
is that wander is (lb) to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood while miswander is (obsolete) to wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.As a noun wander
is the act or instance of wandering.wander
English
Verb
(en verb)Conjugation
(en-conj-simple)Synonyms
* (move without purpose) err, roam * (commit adultery) cheat * (go somewhere indirectly) * (lose focus) driftDerived terms
* wander off * wanderer * wanderlustAnagrams
* * * ----miswander
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Chaucer)