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Travel vs Flight - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between travel and flight

is that travel is labour; parturition; travail while flight is fast, swift.

As verbs the difference between travel and flight

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 flight is to throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.

As nouns the difference between travel and flight

is that travel is the act of traveling while flight is the act of flying.

As an adjective flight is

fast, swift.

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

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    flight

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) flyht, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch vlucht, German Flucht (etymology 2).

    Noun

  • The act of flying.
    • Birds are capable of flight
  • An instance of flying.
    • The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
  • A collective term for doves or swallows.
  • A journey made by an aircraft, eg a balloon, plane or space shuttle, particularly one between two airports, which needs to be reserved in advance.
    • The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight
    Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
  • The act of fleeing. (Flight'' is the noun which corresponds to the verb ''flee .)
    • take flight
    the flight of a refugee
  • A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
  • A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
    • How many flights is it up?
  • A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
  • A paper plane.
  • (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
  • The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
  • An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
  • An air force unit.
  • Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
  • (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
    • Derived terms
    * direct flight * flight attendant * flight ceiling * flight data recorder * flight deck * flightiness * flightless * flight level * flight of fancy * flight path * flight recorder * flighty * in-flight, inflight * * maiden flight * midflight * overflight * preflight * spaceflight, space flight * take flight * time-of-flight * time-of-flight mass spectrometry * top-flight, topflight
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Fast, swift.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.

    • See also

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) flyht, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch vlucht and German Flucht (etymology 1).

    Noun

  • The act of fleeing.

    • Related terms

    * (l)