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Tourist vs Wanderlust - What's the difference?

tourist | wanderlust |

As nouns the difference between tourist and wanderlust

is that tourist is tourist while wanderlust is wanderlust; the urge to travel, the love of the "great outdoors".

tourist

English

(Tourism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist , and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • (derogatory) One who visits a place or attends a social event out of curiosity, wanting to watch without commitment or involvement.
  • (sports, informal) A member of the visiting team in a match.

    • Derived terms

    * touristic * tourist office * tourist trap * touristy

    Related terms

    * tour * tour guide * tourism

    wanderlust

    English

    Noun

  • A strong impulse or longing to travel

    • Antonyms

    * homesickness

    See also

    * footloose * itchy feet * travel bug ----