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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion



 
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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion #1 (permalink) Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:39 pm   Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion
 

English Synonym, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #78 "Synonyms for trip and journey", question 8

Being a young scientist, Joshua is really excited to be going on his first ......... to the North Pole where he will be doing do some research work on walruses.

(a) outing
(b) expedition
(c) excursion
(d) trip

English Synonym, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #78 "Synonyms for trip and journey", answer 8

Being a young scientist, Joshua is really excited to be going on his first expedition to the North Pole where he will be doing do some research work on walruses.

Correct answer: (b) expedition
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What?s the difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion and journey? thanks

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Trip vs. journey #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 12, 2006 13:40 pm   Trip vs. journey
 

Hi Eire,
Tour means travelling from one place to another with the purpose of visiting various places and in the end coming back to where you started.
Expedition is a journey undertaken by a group of people (organized company) with a definite objective (accomplishing a specific purpose).
Outing is a short pleasure trip usually lasting no more than a day.
Trip is a journey for some purpose, usually including the return.
Excursion is a day trip made for pleasure, usually by a group of people.
Journey indicates a trip of considerable length, mainly by land, for business or pleasure, a return is not necessarily indicated. JOURNEY may indicate a long distance or a short one travelled regularly (daily journey to work, for example).
Hope this helps.
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Help #3 (permalink) Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:00 am   Help
 

Well, I'm new at the forum... I need some help with this problem to know the right option.

"While we are in London we'll be going on a guided ___ of the tower of London."

A)tour B)trip C)view

Well, thanks and sorry for my poor English.
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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion #4 (permalink) Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:34 am   Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion
 

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Which word do you think is correct?.
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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion #5 (permalink) Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:37 am   Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion
 

Well, I think the right word could be "tour", but I really don?t know... :(
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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion #6 (permalink) Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:41 am   Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion
 

Yes, "tour" is correct.
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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion #7 (permalink) Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:52 am   Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion
 

oh! really?
Well, can you tell me why tour is correct? Sorry for the nuisances...

thanks again! :wink:
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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion #8 (permalink) Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:25 am   Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion
 

When you go to a specific site, like the Tower of London, and someone escorts you around that place and tells you about that place, it's called taking a guided tour of the place.

You can also take a guided tour of a city or even a country.
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Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion #9 (permalink) Sun Nov 05, 2006 16:10 pm   Difference between tour, expedition, outing, trip, excursion
 

I don't know how to reward your help Canadian45!
Thanks again, this forum is awesome!

I'll keep visiting this web... I know I can learn a lot here. :!:
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