The difference between Tour and Travel

When used as nouns, tour means a journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc, whereas travel means the act of traveling.

When used as verbs, tour means to make a journey, whereas travel means to be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage.


check bellow for the other definitions of Tour and Travel

  1. Tour as a noun:

    A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

    Examples:

    "On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions."

  2. Tour as a noun:

    A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

    Examples:

    "On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters."

  3. Tour as a noun:

    A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

    Examples:

    "Metallica's tour of Europe"

  4. Tour as a noun (sports, chiefly, cricket, _, and, _, rugby):

    A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.

  5. Tour as a noun (military):

    A tour of duty.

  6. Tour as a noun (graph theory):

    A closed trail.

  7. Tour as a noun (obsolete):

    A going round; a circuit.

  8. Tour as a noun (obsolete):

    A turn; a revolution.

    Examples:

    "the tours of the heavenly bodies"

    "rfquotek Blackmore"

  1. Tour as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a journey

    Examples:

    "The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies."

  2. Tour as a verb (transitive):

    To make a circuit of a place

    Examples:

    "The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks."

  1. Tour as a noun (dated):

    A tower.

  1. Tour as a verb:

    To toot a horn.

  1. Travel as a verb (intransitive):

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

    Examples:

    "I like to travel."

  2. Travel as a verb (intransitive):

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

    Examples:

    "Soundwaves can travel through water."

  3. Travel as a verb (intransitive, basketball):

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

  4. Travel as a verb (transitive):

    To travel throughout (a place).

    Examples:

    "I’ve travelled the world."

  5. Travel as a verb (transitive):

    To force to journey.

  6. Travel as a verb (obsolete):

    To labour; to travail.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Hooker"

  1. Travel as a noun:

    The act of traveling.

    Examples:

    "space travel"

    "travel to Spain"

  2. Travel as a noun:

    A series of journeys.

  3. Travel as a noun:

    An account of one's travels.

    Examples:

    "I’m off on my travels around France again."

  4. Travel as a noun:

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

  5. Travel as a noun:

    The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.

    Examples:

    "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."

  6. Travel as a noun (obsolete):

    Labour; parturition; travail.