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Wandering vs Pootle - What's the difference?

wandering | pootle |

As nouns the difference between wandering and pootle

is that wandering is travelling with no preset route; roaming while pootle is (british) a stroll; a wandering.

As verbs the difference between wandering and pootle

is that wandering is while pootle is (british) to wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving; to potter.

As an adjective wandering

is which wanders; travelling from place to place.

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)

    • pootle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A stroll; a wandering.

    • Verb

    (pootl)
  • (British) To wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving; to potter.

    • Synonyms

    * (to wander): ramble, wander