Camping vs Glamping - What's the difference?
camping | glamping |
The recreational activity of .
The act of setting up a camp.
* 1848 , The North British Review (volume 9, page 17)
Any of various luxury forms of camping
* 2006 , “
*:Tom Hanks and Sean Penn are doing it. Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie want to do it. What are we talking about? ?Glamping ? or glamorous camping for those not yet in the know.
* 2007 , Jennifer Gould Keil, “
*:And glamping – that’s luxury camping, of course.
* 2008 , Jennifer Conlin, “
*:If the eco-friendly idea of falling asleep under the stars and roasting marshmallows around a campfire appeals to you, but the reality of pitching a tent and sleeping on bumpy ground does not, glamping , the new term being used for upscale — or glamorous — camping, could be your ideal green vacation.
Glamping is a derived term of camping.
As nouns the difference between camping and glamping
is that camping is {{cx|uncountable|lang=en}} The recreational activity of camping while glamping is any of various luxury forms of camping.As a verb camping
is present participle of lang=en.camping
English
(wikipedia camping)Verb
(head)Noun
- Camping is a favorite summer activity.
- In some quarters, indeed, it was different — the troops bivouacked in many places. It was a strange and an unpleasing sight to see these campings in the heart of a city, yet it was picturesque in the extreme.
Derived terms
* (l)glamping
English
Noun
(-)The Glamper’s Guide To Style]” ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070814173247/http://www.gadgetcandy.com/archives/2006/02/post_112.php archive), GadgetCandy.com, 2/24/2006:
Are you a Jetrosexual? Be Honest…”, New York Post, February 4, 2007:
Camping? Yes. Roughing It? Not Quite.”, The New York Times, September 14, 2008: