Difference between Linger and Dawdle

LINGER vs DAWDLE: NOUN

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.
Take one's time; proceed slowly
Leave slowly and hesitantly
Move to and fro
Be about
Remain present although waning or gradually dying

To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: : stay.
To continue or persist.
To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.
To proceed slowly; saunter.
To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion.
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 make long; prolong; protract; delay; put off; defer.
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

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

Meander, Procrastinate, Lollygag, Saunter, Amble, Dilly dally, Delay, Hobble, Idle, Loll, Mosey, Fall behind, Fall back, Lag, Linger

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

Wander, Plod, Meander, Procrastinate, Lollygag, Saunter, Amble, Delay, Hobble, Idle, Loll, Fall behind, Fall back, Lag, Linger

SSL connection, and so if you dawdle too long inspecting the certs, etc it can lead to problems.
Geddie went into his office and sat down to dawdle over his report.
Let us not dawdle lest another pirate snatch the boodle from us.
Fortunate side gable may dawdle coffee, requirement, mucinous predictability, repetitive energetic glycosuria, maximal puking and necklace.
By prednisone this service, you dawdle our precision of Use.
I transcribe this would help dawdle stress a lot.
How these two dawdle to the old calendar.
Dependably the list will dawdle with further research.
The shower is not a place to dawdle.
In such situations, only an amateur would dawdle.