different between watchband vs wanderlust

English

Etymology

watch +? band

Noun

watchband (plural watchbands)

1. a band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wanderlust (“urge to travel; love of the ‘great outdoors’”), from wandern (“to wander; to hike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“to turn; to wind”)) + Lust (“desire, wish to do or have something; fun, pleasure”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to separate; to set free; to untie”)); analysable as wander +? lust.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nd?l?st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?nd??l?st/
• Hyphenation: wan?der?lust

Noun

wanderlust (countable and uncountable, plural wanderlusts)

1. A strong impulse or longing to travel.

   Synonyms: (rare) farsickness, itchy feet, travel bug

   Antonyms: (rare) Heimweh, homesickness

Alternative forms

• Wanderlust

Derived terms

• squanderlust
• wanderluster
• wanderlustful
• wanderlusty

Translations

Verb

wanderlust (third-person singular simple present wanderlusts, present participle wanderlusting, simple past and past participle wanderlusted)

1. (intransitive) To feel a strong impulse or longing to travel.
2. (intransitive) To roam or travel widely.

Translations

See also

• dromomania (historical psychiatric diagnosis)
• footloose
• hypermobility (frequent traveling)
• itchy feet
• travel bug
• Thesaurus:craving

Further reading

• wanderlust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• wanderlust (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

wanderlust m or f (in variation) (uncountable)

1. wanderlust (a strong impulse or longing to travel)