different between wandering vs itinerant

English

Etymology

wander +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?nd????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nd????/

Adjective

wandering (not comparable)

1. Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
2. (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.

   a wandering kidney; a wandering liver

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

wandering (plural wanderings)

1. Travelling without preset route; roaming.
2. Irregular turning of the eyes.
3. Aimless thought.
4. Straying from a desired path.
5. (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.

Derived terms

• outwandering

Translations

Verb

wandering

1. present participle of wander

Anagrams

• wardening

English

Etymology

From Late Latin itiner?ntem, from itiner?ns, present active participle of itineror (“I travel”). See also itinerate, itinerary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??t?n??nt/

Adjective

itinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative most itinerant)

1. Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

Translations

Noun

itinerant (plural itinerants)

1. One who travels from place to place.
2. (Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.

Translations

Further reading

• itinerant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nitratine

Romanian

Etymology

From French itinérant.

Adjective

itinerant m or n (feminine singular itinerant?, masculine plural itineran?i, feminine and neuter plural itinerante)

1. itinerant

Declension