Journey - Tour - Expedition - Excursion - Outing - Day out
These are all words for an act of travelling to a place.
Trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again: A business trip. | A five-minute trip by taxi.
Journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart: A long and difficult journey across the mountains.
Tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited: A tour of Bavaria.
Expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known: The first expedition to the South Pole.
Excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people: We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
Outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day: The children were on a day’s outing from school.
Day out a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure: We had a day out at the beach.
TRIP OR JOURNEY?
A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be: A trip to New York. | A round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American English journey is not used for short trips: (BrE) What is your journey to work like?
PATTERNS
*a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
*a bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tour
*to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/ outing/day out
*to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/ excursion
*to make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
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