Travel vs. Explore

Travel vs. Explore — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Travel and Explore

Travelverb

To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.

Exploreverb

To investigate systematically; examine

explore every possibility.

Travelverb

To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.

Exploreverb

To search into or travel in for the purpose of discovery

exploring outer space.

Travelverb

To move or pass, as from one person to another

Reports of the king's death traveled from village to village.

Exploreverb

(Medicine) To examine (a body cavity or interior part) for diagnostic purposes, especially by surgery.

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Travelverb

To be transmitted, as light or sound

the speed at which sound travels through water.

Exploreverb

To make a careful examination or search

scientists who have been known to explore in this region of the earth.

Travelverb

To move along a course, as a phonograph needle in the groove of a record.

Exploreverb

To seek for something or after someone.

Travelverb

(Informal) To move swiftly

This car can really travel.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.

The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
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Travelverb

To go about in the company of a particular group; associate

travels in wealthy circles.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.

Travelverb

To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly.

Exploreverb

To examine diagnostically.

Travelverb

(Basketball) To move illegally while holding the ball, usually by taking more than two steps between dribbles or by moving a foot that has been established as a pivot.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.

It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.

Travelverb

To pass or journey over or through; traverse

travel the roads of Europe.

Exploreverb

(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.

Travelnoun

The act or process of traveling from one place to another

With the railroad, travel between cities became swift.

Exploreverb

(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.

The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.

Travelnoun

A series of journeys

her travels in Africa.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Travelnoun

An account of one's journeys.

Explorenoun

(colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.

Travelnoun

The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers

She works in travel.

Exploreverb

inquire into

Travelnoun

Movement or passage

the travel of the planets around the sun.

Exploreverb

travel to or penetrate into;

explore unknown territory in biology

Travelnoun

The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.

Exploreverb

examine minutely

Travelnoun

The length of a mechanical stroke.

Exploreverb

examine (organs etc.) for diagnostic purposes

Travelverb

(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

I like to travel.

Travelverb

(intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.

Soundwaves can travel through water.

Travelverb

To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.

Travelverb

(transitive) To travel throughout (a place).

I’ve travelled the world.

Travelverb

(transitive) To force to journey.

Travelverb

(obsolete) To labour; to travail.

Travelnoun

The act of traveling.

space traveltravel to Spain

Travelnoun

A series of journeys.

Travelnoun

An account of one's travels.

I’m off on my travels around France again.

Travelnoun

The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.

Travelnoun

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.

Travelnoun

(obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

Travelnoun

the act of going from one place to another;

he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel

Travelnoun

a movement through space that changes the location of something

Travelnoun

self-propelled movement

Travelverb

change location; move, travel, or proceed;

How fast does your new car go?We travelled from Rome to Naples by busThe policemen went from door to door looking for the suspectThe soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell

Travelverb

undertake a journey or trip

Travelverb

make a trip for pleasure

Travelverb

travel upon or across;

travel the oceans

Travelverb

undergo transportation as in a vehicle;

We travelled North on Rte. 508

Travelverb

travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge