Circulate vs Circumnavigate - What's the difference?
circulate | circumnavigate |
to move in circles or through a circuit
to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
to move from person to person, as at a party
to spread or disseminate
to become widely known
To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
To circumvent or bypass.
* {{quote-news, 2006, July 9, , Magic month of memories, Times of London
, passage=Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.}}
(sailing) To sail around the world.
* {{quote-book, 1992, Richard Henderson, Singlehanded Sailing
, passage=Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.}}
* {{quote-book, 1997, Diana Jessie, The Cruising Woman's Advisor
, passage=Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32. }}
* {{quote-news, 2004, March 10, Edward Gorman, Van den Heede rewarded for perseverance, Times of London
, passage=Chay Blyth was the first when he circumnavigated in British Steel in 292 days in 1970 in a voyage that some predicted would end in certain death.}}
In lang=en terms the difference between circulate and circumnavigate
is that circulate is to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit while circumnavigate is to circumvent or bypass.As verbs the difference between circulate and circumnavigate
is that circulate is to move in circles or through a circuit while circumnavigate is to travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.circulate
English
Verb
(circulat)- to circulate money or gossip
Synonyms
* put about * spread * disseminateExternal links
* * ----circumnavigate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
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