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Wander vs Voyage - What's the difference?

wander | voyage |

As verbs the difference between wander and voyage

is that wander is (lb) to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood while voyage is .

As a noun wander

is the act or instance of wandering.

wander

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (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.
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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.
  • :
  • *(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.

    • Conjugation

    (en-conj-simple)

    Synonyms

    * (move without purpose) err, roam * (commit adultery) cheat * (go somewhere indirectly) * (lose focus) drift

    Derived terms

    * wander off * wanderer * wanderlust

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or instance of wandering.
    • To go for a wander

    Anagrams

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    voyage

    English

    (wikipedia voyage)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long journey, especially by ship.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest.
  • * Shakespeare
    • All the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
  • (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.

    Synonyms

    * adventure * exploration * expedition * excursion * journey * tour * vacation

    Related terms

    * envoy

    Derived terms

    * maiden voyage

    Verb

    (voyag)
  • To go on a long journey.
  • * Wordsworth
    • A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
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