Timeline for Is the word 'meander' the same as 'wander'?
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| Aug 30, 2015 at 8:37 | vote | accept | Akihiro | ||
| Aug 30, 2015 at 8:37 | vote | accept | Akihiro | ||
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| Aug 30, 2015 at 2:23 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglishLL/status/637812810756571136 | ||
| Aug 29, 2015 at 19:12 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | Yep. Even when the dictionary defines it simply as identical in actual meaning, 'meander' carries the connotation of referring to a frequently changing direction, whereas 'wander' could refer to not only a back-and-forth path, but also a fairly straight (or, realistically, slightly curved in one direction) path through the forest, just as long as there's not a preplanned route or destination involved. | |
| Aug 29, 2015 at 9:12 | answer | added | Dog Lover | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 29, 2015 at 8:18 | comment | added | IanF1 | While it does strictly mean the same as "wander", "meander" is most often encountered in reference to a river winding across a landscape. Saying that you "meander through a forest" would be interpreted as saying that you wandered through it in a particular way, performing a sort of slow left-right slalom. | |
| Aug 29, 2015 at 7:59 | history | asked | Akihiro | CC BY-SA 3.0 |