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Basking vs. Wallow — What's the Difference?

Basking vs. Wallow — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Basking and Wallow

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Basking

To expose oneself to pleasant warmth.

Wallow

To roll the body about or lie relaxed in water or mud.

Basking

To take great pleasure or satisfaction
"an opportunity to bask in the genteel applause of the faithful" (Paul A. Witteman).

Wallow

To indulge oneself to a great degree in something
Wallow in self-righteousness.

Basking

Present participle of bask
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Wallow

To be plentifully supplied
Wallowing in money.

Basking

The act of one who basks.

Wallow

To move with difficulty in a clumsy or rolling manner; flounder
"The car wallowed back through the slush, with ribbons of bright water trickling down the windshield from the roof" (Anne Tyler).

Wallow

The act or an instance of wallowing.

Wallow

A pool of water or mud where animals go to wallow.

Wallow

The depression, pool, or pit produced by wallowing animals.

Wallow

To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
Pigs wallow in the mud.

Wallow

To move lazily or heavily in any medium.

Wallow

(figurative) To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
She wallowed in her misery.

Wallow

To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.

Wallow

To fade, fade away, wither, droop; fail to flourish.

Wallow

An instance of wallowing.

Wallow

A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.

Wallow

A kind of rolling walk.

Wallow

Tasteless, flat.

Wallow

To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.
I may wallow in the lily beds.

Wallow

To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity.

Wallow

To wither; to fade.

Wallow

To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

Wallow

A kind of rolling walk.
One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow.

Wallow

Act of wallowing.

Wallow

A place to which an animal comes to wallow; also, the depression in the ground made by its wallowing; as, a buffalo wallow.

Wallow

A puddle where animals go to wallow

Wallow

An indolent or clumsy rolling about;
A good wallow in the water

Wallow

Devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure;
Wallow in luxury
Wallow in your sorrows

Wallow

Roll around,
Pigs were wallowing in the mud

Wallow

Rise up as if in waves;
Smoke billowed up nto the sky

Wallow

Be ecstatic with joy

Wallow

Delight greatly in;
Wallow in your success!

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