Embark vs Voyage - What's the difference?
embark | voyage |
To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked , which is disquieting and fussy.
To start, begin.
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(label) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
(label) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
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*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
A long journey, especially by ship.
* J. Fletcher
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
* Francis Bacon
To go on a long journey.
* Wordsworth
As verbs the difference between embark and voyage
is that embark is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane while voyage is to go on a long journey.As a noun voyage is
a long journey, especially by ship.embark
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Verb
(en verb)Antonyms
* disembarkDerived terms
* disembarcation * disembarkeevoyage
English
(wikipedia voyage)Noun
(en noun)- I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest.
- All the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
- Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
Synonyms
* adventure * exploration * expedition * excursion * journey * tour * vacationDerived terms
* maiden voyageVerb
(voyag)- A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
