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Journey vs Tour - What's the difference?

journey | tour |

Tour is a synonym of journey.



In obsolete terms the difference between journey and tour

is that journey is a day's work while tour is a turn; a revolution.

As nouns the difference between journey and tour

is that journey is a set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage while tour is a journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

As verbs the difference between journey and tour

is that journey is to travel, to make a trip or voyage while tour is to make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.

As a proper noun Tour is

the Tour de France.

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

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

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

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

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    tour

    English

    (wikipedia tour)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
  • A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
  • A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
  • A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
  • (military) A tour of duty.
  • (obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
  • * Milton
    • The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour .
  • (obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
    • the tours of the heavenly bodies
    (Blackmore)
    Derived terms
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.
  • To make a circuit of a place

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) tor, (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A tower.

    • Etymology 3

    See toot.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To toot a horn.

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