Saunter vs. Wander — What's the Difference?

To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll.

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way

A leisurely pace.

Move slowly away from a fixed point or place

A leisurely walk or stroll.

Be unfaithful to one's regular sexual partner

To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.

An act or instance of wandering

A leisurely walk or stroll.

To move about without a definite destination or purpose.

A leisurely pace.

To go by an indirect route or at no set pace; amble

(obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.

To proceed in an irregular course; meander

To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.

To behave in a manner that does not conform to morality or norms

A sauntering, or a sauntering place.

To turn the attention from one subject to another with little clarity or coherence of thought

A careless leisurely gait;

To be directed without an object or in various directions

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

To wander across or through

Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

To be directed around or over

The act or an instance of wandering.

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

(intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.

(intransitive) To commit adultery.

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

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

(countable) An act or instance of wandering.

(uncountable) The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.

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.

To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.

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

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

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;

Go via an indirect route or at no set pace;

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;

Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;