wonder vs wander
Definitions
noun
- the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
- something that causes feelings of wonder
- a state in which you want to learn more about something
verb
- have a wish or desire to know something
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- be amazed at
Examples
If you wonder about ‘furphy’, as I did, here's a gloss and explanation.
It may be a little early but I was just wondering if you could characterize the impact of the label amendment in terms of the new patient starts in to the new year?
I sat for a moment, wondering what on earth Kip would have done to me once he learned - if he did not already know - that it was I who snitched, when something stung the side of my face a bit.
Definitions
verb
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- go via an indirect route or at no set pace
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
Examples
He wanders around Manhattan, unshaven, unbathed, and smoking and cussing a lot.
There is grassland on the natural brae of Royal Garden, yellow and green, fighting with the autumn. In this grassland, an alley wanders forward, just like the traces from a big snake' creeping.
Sharon ignored them, and they wandered off to ask some other people if they had put on tephillin today.
