Roam vs. Wander

Roam vs. Wander — Is There a Difference?
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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 fields

Roamverb

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.

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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 town

Wanderverb

(intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

Wandernoun

The act or instance of wandering.

To go for a wander

Wanderverb

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 town
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Wanderverb

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 town

Wanderverb

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 body

Wanderverb

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