ramble / amble

Incidentally (in answer to a hypothetical question I pondered last night):

amble

1.	to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town.

2.	(of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.

–noun

3.	an ambling gait.

4.	a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.

5.

a stroll.

ramble

1.	to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.

2.	to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path.

3.	to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.

4.	to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way (usually fol. by on): The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to walk aimlessly or idly over or through: They spent the spring afternoon rambling woodland paths.

–noun

6.	a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.