roll vs gad

roll and gad both are nouns.

roll and gad both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roll	Yes	No	Yes	No
gad	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, gad is a hyponym of roll; that is, gad is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than roll:

roll: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
gad: wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

Other hyponyms of roll include maunder, gallivant, jazz around.

roll (noun)	gad (noun)
a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude	a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
the act of throwing dice
walking with a swaying gait
anything rolled up in cylindrical form
photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
a list of names
a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
rotary motion of an object around its own axis
the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
small rounded bread either plain or sweet
a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

roll (verb)	gad (verb)
execute a roll, in tumbling	wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
take the shape of a roll or cylinder
show certain properties when being rolled
boil vigorously
shape by rolling
pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
arrange or coil around
begin operating or running
flatten or spread with a roller
move by turning over or rotating
move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
move, rock, or sway from side to side
emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
occur in soft rounded shapes

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