Similar but Different
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Travel - Trip - Journey - Voyage - Commute
Travel is a verb.
I hope to travel to Canada some day.
Travel is an uncountable noun.
Air travel is getting more and more common every day.
Travels is a plural noun.
We'd love to hear about your travels in South America.
Trip is a countable noun. It often refers to a short journey.
Would you like me to buy anything for you? I'm gonna take a trip to the supermarket.
Next week we have a business trip to Japan.
Journey is a countable noun. It's usually a long distance.
Last year Freddie made a journey across Europe by train.
Have a safe journey!
Voyage is a countable noun. It's usually a long journey by boat or ship.
The voyage from England to India used to take 6 months.
Commute is a verb. It refers to the regular trip from one's home to work.
She commutes from Philadelphia to D.C. every day.
Across means from one side to another, usually of a level surface. (a street)
If you're crossing something high, over is better. (a bridge)
Through means in at one end and out the other so there's a sense of volume. (a tunnel)
So, I go across the street over the bridge and through the tunnel.
Say is nearly always transitive and cannot have a person as its object. Say can be used with the exact spoken words.
She said, "I can't help you." She said that she couldn't help me.
Tell is nearly always transitive and can have one object.
He told a lie. He told you a different story than he told me.
Tell can be used to give a command.
Tell me what you know about the merger.
Speak and talk are similar but talk refers more to a conversation rather than one person's statements.
We talked about our holidays for hours.
The doctor spoke to us about the test results.
Some animals can talk or say things but they are not capable of telling us anything!
On time means at exactly the right time or the scheduled time.
This flight's usually on time but yesterday it was 10 minutes late.
In time means early or soon enough.
I arrived home just in time to close the windows before it started to rain.
Both task and job can refer to a piece of work.
My first task/job will be to get to know my way around the office.
But task is often a hard or unpleasant duty.
Errand is a short trip to do or get something.
Can you let me have the car tomorrow? I've got a lot of errands to do.
High is the opposite of low and is used for most things except people when we are considering the distance from the ground.
This mountain didn't look so high from down there in the valley.
Tall is the opposite of short and is used for people, ships and for things that are high and narrow. In this case we are thinking of the distance from the top to the bottom.
This is the tallest building in the city.
Break is to separate into parts especially causing damage.
Be careful! That chair is broken.
Tear and rip mean to pull apart.
I'm sorry. When I opened the envelope I accidentally ripped your letter.
Mood is how you feel at a given time.
She's so nice to work with. She's always in a good mood.
Temper refers to how a person feels but with regard to whether they are angry or easily become angry.
I don't want to be around when the director finds out that they've cancelled the contract. He's got a really bad temper.
To heal means to become healthy again usually by growing new skin.
That cut has healed very well. You're lucky there's no scar.
To cure means to bring a person to health or to make a disease or illness go completely away.
Someday medical science will find a cure for cancer.
To treat is to try to cure by medical means.
The doctor is treating my mother for her heart condition.
To recover means to return to the proper state of health, strength, ability, etc.
He has had many injuries in his professional sports career but has always managed to recover.