Difference between Mill About and Loiter

MILL ABOUT vs LOITER: VERB

Be about
To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.

To stand idly about; linger without any purpose.
To violate a law or ordinance that prohibits persons from remaining in a given location without a clear purpose for an extended period of time, especially when behaving in a manner indicating a possible threat to persons or property in the vicinity.
To hover over or remain near an area.
To act slowly or with leisure; take one's time.
To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.
To wander as an idle vagrant.
To proceed slowly or with many stops.

Be about a place without any apparent purpose
To consume or waste, as time, idly or carelessly: used with away: as, he loitered away most of his leisure.
Synonyms To lag, tarry, saunter, dilly-dally.
To linger; be unduly slow in moving; delay; be dilatory; spend time idly.

Tumultuary, Commove, Loiter, Mill around, Mess about, Lallygag, Hang around, Footle, Lurk, Lounge, Tarry, Linger, Lollygag, Loaf, Mill

Congregate, Wander, Lag, Mess about, Hang around, Lallygag, Mill about, Footle, Mill around, Loaf, Lounge, Tarry, Lollygag, Linger, Lurk

Tumultuary, Commove, Loiter, Mill around, Mess about, Lallygag, Hang around, Footle, Lurk, Lounge, Tarry, Linger, Lollygag, Loaf, Mill

Congregate, Wander, Lag, Mill around, Mill about, Mess about, Lallygag, Hang around, Footle, Loaf, Lounge, Tarry, Lollygag, Linger, Lurk

As the fish mill about the boat, anglers then use anchovies, mackerel or squid to catch them.
We all got in, and drove off to the apprentice house at Litton Mill, about six miles from Buxton.
There's coming and going and some creatures seem to mill about in dusty confusion.
We see a wide view of the elaborate wedding, guests mill about the banquet hall.
English Consulate Building, many Japanese soldiers walk on the street and mill about smoking cigarettes, joking, laughing.
Commuters could grab tickets at the box office or mill about while waiting for their trains.
Also, the rumor mill about how awful they are works too.
Passengers mill about as the cancellations and delays take effect.
Other Militia members mingle and mill about the clearing.
After running this mill about two years, Mr.

The Lower school students won't have time to loiter around town all day.
Students will not be permitted to loiter in the hallways after school hours.
Students are not to sit in or loiter around the vehicles.
Students may not loiter in hallways, stairways, the cafeteria, or restrooms.
EVER AT LCI AND ANY OTHER FORUM THAT YOU LOITER, STALK.
Do not loiter outside the building, especially after dark.
Begin loiter at the specified Latitude and Longitude.
Foreigners loiter outside Anchorvale CC to watch g..
Students should not loiter in the parking lot.
Loiter, or be permitted to loiter, in or about any roomwherein any gambling game is operated or conducted.