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Tour vs Walkthrough - What's the difference?

tour | walkthrough |

As nouns the difference between tour and walkthrough

is that tour is a journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc while walkthrough is the process of inspecting algorithms and source code by following paths through the algorithms or code as determined by input conditions and choices made along the way.

As a verb tour

is to make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.

As a proper noun Tour

is the Tour de France.

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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    Anagrams

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    walkthrough

    Alternative forms

    * walkthru

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (software engineering) The process of inspecting algorithms and source code by following paths through the algorithms or code as determined by input conditions and choices made along the way.
  • (video games) A playthrough that details the steps involved in winning the game.