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Travel vs Boater - What's the difference?

travel | boater |

As nouns the difference between travel and boater

is that travel is the act of traveling while boater is (nautical) someone who travels by boat.

As a verb travel

is to be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

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

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    boater

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) Someone who travels by boat.
  • (nautical) One who works on a boat, especially as captain.
  • A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.

    • Synonyms

    * (one who works on a boat) boatman, boatsman * (straw hat) leghorn, Panama

    See also

    * (Boater)

    Anagrams

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