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Voyage vs Pilgrimage - What's the difference?

voyage | 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)
  • A long journey, especially by ship.
  • * J. Fletcher
  • I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest.
  • * Shakespeare
  • All the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
  • (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.

    Synonyms

    * adventure * exploration * expedition * excursion * journey * tour * vacation

    Derived terms

    * maiden voyage

    Verb

    (voyag)
  • To go on a long journey.
  • * Wordsworth
  • A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
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    pilgrimage

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
  • In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.
  • (by extension) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
  • Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met.

    Verb

    (pilgrimag)
  • To go on a pilgrimage.