Excursion vs Hike - What's the difference?
excursion | hike |
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
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, chapter=2 A long walk.
An abrupt increase.
(American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher
To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
(American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
(nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
As nouns the difference between excursion and hike
is that excursion is a brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way while hike is a long walk.As a verb hike is
to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.excursion
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Mother
Derived terms
* alarums and excursions * excursion steamerExternal links
* * * ----hike
English
Noun
(en noun)- The tenants were not happy with the rent hike .
Verb
(hik)- Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
- She hiked her skirt up.