Wandered vs Tour - What's the difference?
wandered | tour |
(wander)
(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.
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
(military) A tour of duty.
(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
* Milton
(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
As a verb wandered
is (wander).As a proper noun tour is
(cycling) the tour de france.wandered
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Verb
(head)wander
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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
* * * ----tour
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(wikipedia tour)Etymology 1
From (etyl) tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.Noun
(en noun)- The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour .
- the tours of the heavenly bodies
- (Blackmore)
