What's the difference between flaneur and lounging?

Flaneur


Definition:

  • (n.) One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Not least when PSG aren’t just walking it in Ligue 1, they’re strolling, flaneur ing their way to another room-temperature domestic title, with seven league goals conceded away from home all season, territory and possession dominated each week.
  • (2) Even if the city had pavements (it doesn’t), flaneurs would still find it unappealing on account of the heat and humidity.

Lounging


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lounge

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The first-floor lounge is decorated in plush deep pink, with a mix of contemporary and neoclassical decor, and an antique dining table and chandelier.
  • (2) In between the two sets, we slip to the Silverlake Lounge ( foldsilverlake.com ), where Silversun Pickups used to play, to listen to Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, a six-piece that meshes folk rock with the Beach Boys with Yes.
  • (3) Robert Halfon, a Conservative MP, said the British people would be "very concerned that our country is being used as a transit lounge for alleged war criminals".
  • (4) In 2013 , a 16-year-old boy was lounging outside his tent at a Minnesota campsite when a wolf clamped its jaws around his head.
  • (5) Thankfully, mazot guests can also use the lounge and dining room in the Chalet Les Mazots, a lovely wood-panelled home full of antique chairs, chests and cabinets, built by a family of silk manufacturers from Leon who chose the location for their farm for its south-facing views of Mont Blanc.
  • (6) Brandishing images of what Virgin "lounges" might look like – similar to a stark yet trendy hotel restaurant – Gadhia admits that her other motto for running the business is "wanting to make everyone better off".
  • (7) 73 Kloof Street, +27 21 424 6169, onceincapetown.co.za The Backpack Facebook Twitter Pinterest Founder-owners Toni Shina and Lee Harris have created a homely hostel spread across four adjoining houses with cool courtyards and flowery gardens, a chillout lounge, communal kitchen, health-food cafe and terrace bar.
  • (8) Upstairs there’s a gallery space perfect for rehearsals, talks and live performances, while on the ground floor is a large communal area, with lots of scope for lounging with a cocktail, craft Beavertown beer, or excellent-value wine.
  • (9) • Meals $5-$11, 17143 D Street, + 1 760 243 9938, no website Great bars 11 The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, Chicago The Green Mill is the place for late-night jazz and cocktails.
  • (10) Youths lounged in the entrance lobby and ground floor of the city building.
  • (11) Down at the beach, there’s always a canoe arriving on shore with fresh fish; or you can hide yourself way in the pousada’s meditation lounge, content with a soundtrack of tropical birds.
  • (12) Each roomy retreat sleeps five, and has a patio and lounge, but only Berghylur backs onto a waterfall.
  • (13) 'He said he was coming late, so I went upstairs to a lounge bar called the Dragon Fly which is a few doors away.
  • (14) On the journey there, I tune into an AM broadcast from a famed Mamou Establishment called Fred's Lounge, known for its Saturday morning Cajun dances, before arriving at the Last Farewell to Luke Collins, a DJ and the self-styled 'godfather of zydeco'.
  • (15) On the right is her rival, Kosciusko-Morizet, known as NKM, 40, a former minister in Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right government, nicknamed "the harpist" ever since she was photographed for Paris Match lounging in a party gown in a forest next to a harp, like some posh wood nymph, in 2005.
  • (16) There are also connections with the Dark Tower series: the Overlook's Red Eye Lounge, some thematic concepts regarding the use and gathering of psychics, the suggestion that Danny's imaginary friend could be one of the Dark Tower's Twinners.
  • (17) The breakfast and bar area is a light, informal space, with a big wooden communal table and a small outdoor courtyard, but it’s clear this isn’t a hotel for lounging around in; it lacks the cosy corners and sofas that suck you in at hipper boutique hotels.
  • (18) Sam Levy's Village offers Zimbabwe's middle class a cocktail lounge, designer watches and a competition to win an iPad mini.
  • (19) A "news" report on Chris Morris's satirical Brass Eye once summed up a particularly unpleasant sight as resembling "Dante meets Bosch in a crack lounge in hell".
  • (20) We had just missed Ozzy Osbourne shuffling though the lounge, and then Simon le Bon suddenly couldn't come.

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