Travel vs Trip

Travel vs Trip

These two words frequently confuse learners of English. A quick explanation that is valid for most situations is the following: Travel = a verb (action) Trip = a noun

Example: Mary’s husband isn’t in town at the moment; he is on a business trip. He travels to many different countries. Mary met her husband on a trip to the Bahamas. Travel = to go from one place to another. Trip = a journey that is often for a short period of time.

Note: there are some exceptions to the general rule above. Travel can also be a noun when it refers to the act of traveling Examples: 1.  She has had many adventures in her travels. 2.  Travel broadens your mind. Sometimes Travel appears in plural form and in that case is normally preceded by possessive adjective ( my travels, his travels etc.) Trip can also be a verb though it has a completely different meaning. To Trip = to accidentally stumble and almost fall while walking or running, usually after catching your foot on something. Example: He didn’t see the cat and he tripped up.

Definitions of trip

Noun

an act of going to a place and returning; a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.
   
           - Sally's gone on a school trip

Synonyms: excursion, outing, jaunt, vacation, visit, tour, journey, expedition, voyage, drive, run, day out, day trip, road trip, cruise, junket, spin, peregrination

a stumble or fall due to catching one's foot on something.
More than 10% of head injuries requiring hospitalisation amongst children come from simple trips and falls when just running around.

Synonyms: stumble, slip, misstep, false step, fall, tumble, spill

a hallucinatory experience caused by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.
-acid trips

a device that activates or disconnects a mechanism, circuit, etc..
- The generation of a trip signal is withheld when the rate of rise is greater than the limit value.

a light, lively movement of a person's feet.
- Yonder comes Dalinda; I know her by her trip

Verb
catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall.
-he tripped over his cat

Synonyms: stumble, lose one's footing, catch one's foot, slip, lose one's balance, fall, fall down, tumble, topple, take a spill, wipe out.

walk, run, or dance with quick light steps.
-they tripped up the terrace steps

Synonyms: skip, run, dance, prance, bound, spring, scamper

activate (a mechanism), especially by contact with a switch, catch, or other electrical device.
-an intruder trips the alarm

Synonyms: set off, activate, trigger, turn on

release and raise (an anchor) from the seabed by means of a buoyed line attached to the anchor's crown.
-During the hustle of everyone getting underway someone tripped the anchor that we used to stabilize our dinghy.

experience hallucinations induced by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.
-they prance around tripping out on their hallucinogens

go on a short journey.
-when tripping through the Yukon, take some time to explore our museums