Difference between Shambling and Shuffling

What is the difference between Shambling and Shuffling?

Shambling as a verb is to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet. while Shuffling as a verb is to put in a random order.

Shambling

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a person who walks while dragging or shuffling the feet.

Shuffling

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put in a random order.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or relating to that which shuffles; tending to shuffle.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Action of the verb to shuffle.The noise created by something moving about.

Example sentence: I wasn't shuffling from one sport to the next that much. I had downtime to just be a high school student.

We hope you now know whether to use Shambling or Shuffling in your sentence.

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