meander vs maunder
Definitions
noun
- a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
- an aimless amble on a winding course
verb
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
Examples
As the round draws to a close, so the course meanders its way down from the hillside and back to sea level.
The first is the back-and-forth meandering pattern known as boustrophedon.
The pair were quiet at first as they meandered through the people and streets.
Definitions
verb
- talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- wander aimlessly
Examples
Otherwise this irritable maunderer would have known that, everything else apart, I am heartily tired of the responsibilities of youth under any such constant surveillance.
He was instead maundering about his room, thinking about silly things and wishing he knew what was going on.
Tromp would maunder over and over of how Johannes Maartens and the cunies robbed the kings on Tabong Mountain, each embalmed in his golden coffin with an embalmed maid on either side; and of how these ancient proud ones crumbled to dust within the hour while the cunies cursed and sweated at junking the coffins.
