ambulant vs floating

ambulant

adj
  • Able to walk. 

  • Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking. 

noun
  • A patient who is able to walk. 

floating

adj
  • Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift. 

  • That floats or float. 

  • that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme. 

noun
  • Material that floats in a liquid. 

  • The motion of something that floats. 

  • A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth. 

  • The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls. 

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