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What is the difference between journey and jaunt?

journey | jaunt |

As nouns the difference between journey and jaunt

is that journey is a set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage while jaunt is a wearisome journey.

As verbs the difference between journey and jaunt

is that journey is to travel, to make a trip or voyage while jaunt is to ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

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.
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  • *: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
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    Verb

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

    * (l)

    jaunt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A wearisome journey.
  • * Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aĆ«ry jaunt , though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. - Milton
  • A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
  • To ride on a jaunting car.
  • (obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.
  • (Bale)

    Derived terms

    * jaunting car

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