meander vs ramble

meander

verb
  • To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate. 

  • To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. 

noun
  • One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse 

  • Perplexity. 

  • One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course. 

  • Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork. 

  • A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times. 

  • A tortuous or winding journey. 

ramble

verb
  • To follow a winding path or course. 

  • To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address. 

  • To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions. 

  • To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course 

  • To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter. 

noun
  • A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside. 

  • A bed of shale over the seam of coal. 

  • A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking. 

  • A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction. 

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