Voyage vs Pilgrimage - What's the difference?
voyage | pilgrimage |
A long journey, especially by ship.
* J. Fletcher
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
* Francis Bacon
To go on a long journey.
* Wordsworth
A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
(by extension) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
To go on a pilgrimage.
As verbs the difference between voyage and pilgrimage
is that voyage is while pilgrimage is to go on a pilgrimage.As a noun pilgrimage is
a journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.voyage
English
(wikipedia voyage)Noun
(en noun)- I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest.
- All the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
- Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
Synonyms
* adventure * exploration * expedition * excursion * journey * tour * vacationDerived terms
* maiden voyageVerb
(voyag)- A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
pilgrimage
English
(wikipedia pilgrimage)Noun
(en noun)- In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.
- Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met.