Difference between Linger and Dally

LINGER vs DALLY: NOUN

Move to and fro
Be about
Take one's time; proceed slowly
Leave slowly and hesitantly
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytical thinking or discussion.
Remain present although waning or gradually dying

To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion.
To proceed slowly; saunter.
To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.
To continue or persist.
To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: : stay.
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.

To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy. : flirt.
To dawdle, delay, or linger.
To spend (time) idly.
To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
To play amorously; flirt.

To spend in an inactive or tedious manner; drag: with out, and sometimes away.
To remain in a place or a state for an unusual, undue, or unexpected length of time; defer action, movement, decision, etc., either from inclination or necessity; hold back; tarry; delay; loiter.
Be about a place without any apparent purpose
To hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
Take one's time
Proceed slowly
To make long; prolong; protract; delay; put off; defer.

To delay; defer; put off.
To play, sport, frolic, toy, as in exchanging caresses; wanton.
To trifle away time in any manner, as in vague employment or in mere idleness; linger; loiter; delay.
To talk idly or foolishly; pass the time in idle or frivolous chat.

Mill around, Mill about, Mess about, Lallygag, Hang around, Footle, Loaf, Lounge, Lollygag, Dally, Tarry, Loiter, Dawdle, Hover, Lurk

Dali, Tease, Dilly, Chat up, Coquet, Toy, Mash, Play, Romance, Coquette, Trifle, Linger, Tarry, Philander, Flirt

Persist, Mill around, Mill about, Mess about, Lallygag, Hang around, Footle, Loaf, Lounge, Lollygag, Dally, Tarry, Loiter, Hover, Lurk

Dither, Dallas, Daley, Dali, Tease, Dilly, Toy, Play, Romance, Coquette, Trifle, Linger, Tarry, Philander, Flirt

All couriers will automatically get the coverage, Dally said.
Martin, care of The Dally Colonist Pattern Depl.
Gilbert Peyton, Samuel Berkley, Homer Crane, Mortimer Dally.
Arnaud was clearly in no mood to dally.
Prosecutors Helped Jury Get to Know Sherri Dally.
However, Johnny was much stronger underneath than Dally.
This is not a time to dilly dally.
The boys immediately turn to Dally for help.
Johnny and Dally stilldie in the movie but the movie begins with Johnny and Ponyfollowing Dally around town.
Dally cracked when Johnny, who was so good and so vulnerable and whom Dally loved, died.