WALKING AND PERAMBULATING

 

What is the difference between walking and perambulating?

When you walk for the sake of taking a walk, you perambulate. It's an old-fashioned way to describe taking an after-dinner stroll or a meander through the zoo. The Latin word at the root of perambulate is ambulare, "to walk," and the more common word amble shares this origin.

Example

He likes to perambulate