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Destination vs Itinerary - What's the difference?

destination | itinerary |

As nouns the difference between destination and itinerary

is that destination is the act of destining or appointing while itinerary is a route or proposed route of a journey.

As an adjective itinerary is

itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey.

destination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) The act of destining or appointing.
  • Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
  • The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used attributively to indicate desirability, as "a destination resort" (a resort that is a fine, desirable destination). * Destination wedding - an advance planned wedding in a foreign country, usually at a high end resort, where the couple, the wedding party and their guests stay for about a week.

    Related terms

    * destinate * destine * destiny

    itinerary

    English

    Noun

    (itineraries)
  • A route or proposed route of a journey.
  • An account or record of a journey.
  • A guidebook for travellers.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey
  • * Francis Bacon
    • It was rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.

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