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Journey vs Ramble - What's the difference?

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Journey is a related term of ramble.


As nouns the difference between journey and ramble

is that journey is a set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage while ramble is a leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.

As verbs the difference between journey and ramble

is that journey is to travel, to make a trip or voyage while ramble is to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.

journey

English

(wikipedia 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

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    Verb

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

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    ramble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
  • * 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 16
    • Marianne was prevailed upon to join her sisters in their usual walk, instead of wandering away by herself. Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles . If her sisters intended to walk on the downs, she directly stole away towards the lanes
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  • A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
  • (mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
    • (Raymond)
  • A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.

    • Verb

  • To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
  • To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
  • To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
    • Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.

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