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Travel vs Commuting - What's the difference?

travel | commuting |

As verbs the difference between travel and commuting

is that travel is to be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another while commuting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between travel and commuting

is that travel is the act of traveling while commuting is travel between home and workplace.

As an adjective commuting is

causing, or involved in commutation.

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

    References

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    commuting

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia commuting) (-)
  • travel between home and workplace
  • (Philippines) travel by public transportation such as by jeepney
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Causing, or involved in commutation