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Detour vs Detur - What's the difference?

detour | detur |

As nouns the difference between detour and detur

is that detour is a diversion or deviation from one's original route while detur is a present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.

As a verb detour

is to make a detour.

detour

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IX
    • On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a detour.
  • To direct or send on a detour.

    • Anagrams

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    detur

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, Harvard University) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.
    • (Webster 1913) ----