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Wandering vs Straying - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between wandering and straying

is that wandering is travelling with no preset route; roaming while straying is the act of one who strays; deviation or sin.

As verbs the difference between wandering and straying

is that wandering is present participle of lang=en while straying is present participle of lang=en.

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)
  • straying

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who strays; deviation or sin.
  • * 2002 , Adena Tanenbaum, The Contemplative Soul
  • The soul is described as a dove who once nested in God's protective shade, and her strayings from the straight and narrow are portrayed as a descent into the defiling world of corporeality

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