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Mosey vs Travel - What's the difference?

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Mosey is a related term of travel.


As verbs the difference between mosey and travel

is that mosey is (chiefly|us|dialectal) to set off, get going; to start a journey while travel is to be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

As a noun travel is

the act of traveling.

mosey

English

Alternative forms

* mosy, mozey, mozy

Verb

(en verb)
  • (chiefly, US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
  • *1910 , , Kilmeny of the Orchard , chapter 1:
  • *:Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors.
  • (chiefly, US, dialectal) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
  • *1919 , , A Man Four-Square , chapter 6:
  • *:We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh.

    • Usage notes

    * Associated especially with the dialect of the Old West.

    travel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * travell

    Verb

  • To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
    • I like to travel .
  • To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
    • Soundwaves can travel through water.
  • (basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  • To travel throughout (a place).
    • I’ve travelled the world.
  • To force to journey.
  • * Spenser
    • They shall not be travelled forth of their own franchises.
  • (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
    • (Hooker)

    Synonyms

    * fare, journey

    Derived terms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

  • The act of traveling.
    • space travel
    travel to Spain
  • (p) A series of journeys.
  • (p) An account of one's travels.
    • I’m off on my travels around France again.
  • The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
  • The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
    • There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.
    My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
  • (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of travelling) journey, passage, tour, trip * (activity or traffic along a route or through a given point) traffic * (working motion of a piece of machinery) stroke, movement, progression

    Derived terms

    * travel bug * active travel

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