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Journey vs Creek - What's the difference?

journey | creek |

As nouns the difference between journey and creek

is that journey is a set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage while creek is one of a native american tribe from the southeastern united states.

As a verb journey

is to travel, to make a trip or voyage.

As a proper noun creek is

the muskogean language of the creek tribe.

As an adjective creek is

of or pertaining to the creek tribe.

journey

Noun

(en noun)
  • A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
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  • (label) A day.
  • (label) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
  • (label) A day's work.
  • *:
  • *:But whan ye haue done that Iourney ye shal promyse me as ye are a true knyght for to go with me and to helpe me / and other damoysels that are distressid dayly with a fals knyghte / All your entente damoysel and desyre I wylle fulfylle / soo ye wyl brynge me vnto this knyghte
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    creek

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia creek) (en noun)
  • A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
  • Any turn or winding.
  • Synonyms

    * beck, brook, burn, stream

    Derived terms

    * up the creek

    References