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Walkathon vs Marathon - What's the difference?

walkathon | marathon |

As nouns the difference between walkathon and marathon

is that walkathon is a long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity while marathon is a 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.

As a proper noun Marathon is

a town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.

walkathon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity

    • marathon

    English

    (wikipedia marathon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
  • (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
    • He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

    Derived terms

    * marathoner * half marathon * ultramarathon

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