Roam vs. Wander
Difference Between Roam and Wander
Roamverb
(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
Wanderverb
(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
to wander over the fieldsRoamverb
To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
Wanderverb
(intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
A writer wanders from his subject.Roamverb
To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
Wanderverb
(intransitive) To commit adultery.
Roamverb
(transitive) To range or wander over.
Gangs of thugs roamed the streets.Wanderverb
(intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
Roamverb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woodsroving vagabondsthe wandering JewThe cattle roam across the prairiethe laborers drift from one town to the nextThey rolled from town to townWanderverb
(intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
Wandernoun
The act or instance of wandering.
To go for a wanderWanderverb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woodsroving vagabondsthe wandering JewThe cattle roam across the prairiethe laborers drift from one town to the nextThey rolled from town to townWanderverb
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;
She cheats on her husbandMight her husband be wandering?Wanderverb
go via an indirect route or at no set pace;
After dinner, we wandered into townWanderverb
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;
the river winds through the hillsthe path meanders through the vineyardssometimes, the gout wanders through the entire bodyWanderverb
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;
She always digresses when telling a storyher mind wandersDon't digress when you give a lecture
