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Marvel vs. Wander — What's the Difference?

Marvel vs. Wander — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Marvel and Wander

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Marvel

Be filled with wonder or astonishment
‘It looks huge,’ marvelled Clare
She marvelled at Jeffrey's composure

Wander

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way
I wandered through the narrow streets

Marvel

A wonderful or astonishing person or thing
The marvels of technology

Wander

Move slowly away from a fixed point or place
His attention had wandered
Please don't wander off again

Marvel

One that evokes surprise, admiration, or wonder.
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Wander

Be unfaithful to one's regular sexual partner
He had married her and he was not going to be allowed to wander

Marvel

(Archaic) Strong surprise; astonishment.

Wander

An act or instance of wandering
She'd go on wanders like that in her nightgown

Marvel

To become filled with wonder or astonishment.

Wander

To move about without a definite destination or purpose.

Marvel

To feel amazement or bewilderment at or about
We marveled that they walked away unhurt from the car accident.

Wander

To go by an indirect route or at no set pace; amble
We wandered toward town.

Marvel

That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

Wander

To proceed in an irregular course; meander
The path wanders through the park.

Marvel

(archaic) wonder, astonishment.

Wander

To behave in a manner that does not conform to morality or norms
Wander from the path of righteousness.

Marvel

To wonder at.

Wander

To turn the attention from one subject to another with little clarity or coherence of thought
I had a point to make, but my mind started wandering.

Marvel

To cause to wonder or be surprised.

Wander

To be directed without an object or in various directions
His eyes wandered to the balcony.

Marvel

(intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

Wander

To wander across or through
Wander the forests and fields.

Marvel

That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
I will do marvels such as have not been done.
Nature's sweet marvel undefiled.

Wander

To be directed around or over
Her gaze wandered the docks.

Marvel

Wonder.

Wander

The act or an instance of wandering.

Marvel

To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

Wander

(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
To wander over the fields

Marvel

To marvel at.

Wander

(intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
A writer wanders from his subject.

Marvel

To cause to marvel, or be surprised; - used impersonally.
But much now me marveleth.

Wander

(intransitive) To commit adultery.

Marvel

Something that causes feelings of wonder;
The wonders of modern science

Wander

(intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.

Marvel

Be amazed at;
We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities

Wander

(intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

Marvel

Express astonishment or surprise about something

Wander

(countable) An act or instance of wandering.
To go for a wander in the park

Wander

(uncountable) The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.
Polar wander
Baseline wander in ECG signals

Wander

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
He wandereth abroad for bread.

Wander

To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
O, let me not wander from thy commandments.

Wander

To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.

Wander

To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.

Wander

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woods
Roving vagabonds
The wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
The laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town

Wander

Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;
She cheats on her husband
Might her husband be wandering?

Wander

Go via an indirect route or at no set pace;
After dinner, we wandered into town

Wander

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;
The river winds through the hills
The path meanders through the vineyards
Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

Wander

Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;
She always digresses when telling a story
Her mind wanders
Don't digress when you give a lecture

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