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Tour vs Minitour - What's the difference?

tour | minitour |

As a proper noun tour

is (cycling) the tour de france.

As a noun minitour is

a short, often informal, tour.

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
    * (l) *

    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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    minitour

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, often informal, tour
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 3, author=Damon Hack, title=For Free Spirit, the Tour Is the Latest Adventure, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He turned professional the next year and bounced around the minitour circuit before earning his PGA Tour card at qualifying school in 2004 and 2005. }}