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Raen Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Travel and traverse
Are they interchangable sometimes? When and when not?
I've heard them both used to described an area in the same way,
"well-traversed" and "well-traveled"
Do they mean exactly the same? What are the differences in use between "travel" and "traverse"? Thansk in advance.
I've heard them both used to described an area in the same way,
"well-traversed" and "well-traveled"
Do they mean exactly the same? What are the differences in use between "travel" and "traverse"? Thansk in advance.
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"traverse" specifically means to cross from one side of something to the other, possibly repeatedly (back and forth), and is a less common word. "travel" is general-purpose and can be used for any journey of reasonable length. "traverse" is usually transitive ("he traversed the country") whereas "travel" can be either transitive ("he travelled the world") or intransitive ("he travelled regularly").
- "traverse" specifically means to cross from one side of something to the other, possibly repeatedly (back and forth), and is a less common word.
- "travel" is general-purpose and can be used for any journey of reasonable length.
- "traverse" is usually transitive ("he traversed the country") whereas "travel" can be either transitive ("he travelled the world") or intransitive ("he travelled regularly").
- As a description of an area of land, "well-travelled" and "well-traversed" are very similar in meaning.
- A person can be "well-travelled" (they've travelled to a lot of different places) but not "well-traversed".
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"traverse" specifically means to cross from one side of something to the other, possibly repeatedly (back and forth), and is a less common word. "travel" is general-purpose and can be used for any journey of reasonable length.
"traverse" is usually transitive ("he traversed the country") whereas "travel" can be either transitive ("he travelled the world") or intransitive ("he travelled r
"traverse" is usually transitive ("he traversed the country") whereas "travel" can be either transitive ("he travelled the world") or intransitive ("he travelled r
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