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
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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."
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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."
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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"
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Tour as a noun (sports, chiefly, cricket, _, and, _, rugby):
A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
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Tour as a noun (military):
A tour of duty.
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Tour as a noun (graph theory):
A closed trail.
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Tour as a noun (obsolete):
A going round; a circuit.
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Tour as a noun (obsolete):
A turn; a revolution.
Examples:
"the tours of the heavenly bodies"
"rfquotek Blackmore"
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Tour as a verb (intransitive):
To make a journey
Examples:
"The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies."
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Tour as a verb (transitive):
To make a circuit of a place
Examples:
"The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks."
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Tour as a noun (dated):
A tower.
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Tour as a verb:
To toot a horn.
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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."
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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."
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Travel as a verb (intransitive, basketball):
To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
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Travel as a verb (transitive):
To travel throughout (a place).
Examples:
"I’ve travelled the world."
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Travel as a verb (transitive):
To force to journey.
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Travel as a verb (obsolete):
To labour; to travail.
Examples:
"rfquotek Hooker"
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Travel as a noun:
The act of traveling.
Examples:
"space travel"
"travel to Spain"
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Travel as a noun:
A series of journeys.
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Travel as a noun:
An account of one's travels.
Examples:
"I’m off on my travels around France again."
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Travel as a noun:
The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
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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."
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Travel as a noun (obsolete):
Labour; parturition; travail.