Wander vs Promenade - What's the difference?
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(lb) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
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*(Bible), (w) xi.37:
*:They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
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*:“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.
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*: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.
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*(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.
(label) A prom (dance).
A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise.
* 1900 , (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams)'', '' , (translated by (James Strachey)) pg. 235:
*{{quote-book, year=1935, author=
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5
, passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
To walk.
To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
As verbs the difference between wander and promenade
is that wander is to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood while promenade is to walk.As nouns the difference between wander and promenade
is that wander is the act or instance of wandering while promenade is a prom dance.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
* * * ----promenade
English
(wikipedia promenade)Noun
(en noun)- The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
George Goodchild