Dawdle vs. Loiter

By Jaxson

  • Dawdle (verb)

    To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.

  • Dawdle (verb)

    To spend (time) without haste or purpose.

    “to dawdle away the whole morning”

  • Dawdle (verb)

    To move or walk lackadaisically.

    “If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won’t get as much exercise.”

  • Dawdle (noun)

    A dawdler.

  • Dawdle (noun)

    A slow walk, journey.

  • Dawdle (noun)

    An easily accomplished task; a doddle.

  • Loiter (verb)

    To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly

    “lepak (Malaysia, Singapore)|linger|hang around”

    “For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.”

Wiktionary
  • Dawdle (verb)

    waste time; be slow

    “she mustn’t dawdle—she had to make the call now”

  • Dawdle (verb)

    move slowly and idly in a particular direction

    “Ruth dawdled back through the wood”

  • Loiter (verb)

    stand or wait around without apparent purpose

    “she saw Mary loitering near the cloakrooms”

  • Loiter (verb)

    walk slowly and with no apparent purpose; dawdle

    “the weather had tempted them to loiter along the banks of the Cherwell”

Oxford Dictionary
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