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Tour vs Travelling - What's the difference?

tour | travelling |

As nouns the difference between tour and travelling

is that tour is a journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc while travelling is standard spelling of lang=en|from=British.

As verbs the difference between tour and travelling

is that tour is to make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country while travelling is present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Tour

is the Tour de France.

As an adjective travelling is

standard spelling of lang=en|from=British.

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.
  • References

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    travelling

    English

    Alternative forms

    * traveling

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • Adjective

    (-)
  • a travelling companion