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Wandering vs Obambulation - What's the difference?

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Wandering is a synonym of obambulation.


As nouns the difference between wandering and obambulation

is that wandering is travelling with no preset route; roaming while obambulation is (obsolete) wandering about; a casual outing.

As an adjective wandering

is which wanders; travelling from place to place.

As a verb wandering

is .

wandering

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
  • (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.
    • a wandering''' kidney; a '''wandering liver

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from wandering) * wandering abscess * wandering albatross * wandering cell * wandering dune * wandering Jew * wandering kidney * wandering liver * wandering mouse * wandering pacemaker * wandering sequence * wandering set * wandering spider * wandering tattler

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Travelling with no preset route; roaming.
  • Irregular turning of the eyes.
  • Aimless thought.
  • Straying from a desired path.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • obambulation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year= 1600 , year_published= , author= , by= , title= A briefe replie to a certaine odious and slanderous libel ... , url= https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A13159.0001.001 , original= , chapter= , section = , isbn= , edition= , publisher= Arn. Hatfield , location= London , editor= , volume= , page= 100 , passage= Their stationarie obambulations about the limits of parishes. }}
  • *{{quote-book, 1662, William Clark, Marciano; or, the Discovery, edition=1871 reprint citation
    • , passage=Let us then passe the Pomeridian hours in obambulation : for I am defatigate with session.}}
  • *{{quote-news, 1833, , Thespiana (pseudonym), Penny Private Theatres, The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, vol. XI citation
    • , passage=I joined him in one of our obambulations , to witness the performance of Macbeth, and a particular friend of my friend's friend was to sustain the principal character.}}

    See also

    * ambulation

    Synonyms

    *perambulation *peregrination *stroll *wandering