meander vs roam

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. 

roam

verb
  • To range or wander over. 

  • To use a network or service from different locations or devices. 

  • To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them. 

  • To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. 

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