Excursion vs. Expedition
Excursionnoun
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
Excursionnoun
A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
Excursionverb
(intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.
Excursion
A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
Excursion
A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
Excursion
A wandering from a subject; digression.
Excursion
Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
Excursionnoun
a journey taken for pleasure;
Excursionnoun
wandering from the main path of a journey
Excursion
An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit a place, sometimes for other (typically work-related) purposes.
Expeditionnoun
(obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
Expeditionnoun
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
Expeditionnoun
The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
Expeditionnoun
(military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
Expeditionnoun
A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
Expeditionnoun
The group of people making such excursion.
Expeditionverb
(intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
Expeditionnoun
The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
Expeditionnoun
A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
Expeditionnoun
An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.
Expeditionnoun
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
Expeditionnoun
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose;
Expeditionnoun
a journey organized for a particular purpose
Expeditionnoun
a journey taken for pleasure;
Expeditionnoun
the property of being prompt and efficient;
Expeditionnoun
a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war
Expeditionnoun
the people involved in an expedition
Expeditionnoun
a short trip made for a particular purpose
Expeditionnoun
promptness or speed in doing something
