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Confusing Words

Journey vs. Trip

Hi guys! I'm sure that you have ever heard these words, which sometimes are confused.
Do you know what the difference between them is❓ If you don't know it, read the following ❷ conversations and try to guess. Good luck 🍀❗

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Aldo: Welcome❗
Peter: Thank you.
Aldo: You look absolutely 😫❗
Peter: It was a 10-hour 🚆 journey.

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Ann: How was your trip to 🗻❓
Leo: It was amazing❗

Did you guess the defference between these words❓ Well; if you are 😕, don´t 😟 don´t 😢. Let´s see their uses😉.

 Journey
When we talk about a journey, we refer about an ocassion when someone travels from a distance to another.
      It was a 10-hour train journey.
                                                 ↳ journey
This word is usually used about travelling long distances or travelling somewhere regurlarly.
      My journey to university normally takes around 50 minutes.
                   ↳ journey to somewhere
There are some expressions often used with journey.
start/begin a journey  -  go on a journey  -  set off on a journey 
the outward journey  -  a save journey  -  the homeward journey
a leg/stage of a journey
Trip
Trip means a visit to a place that involves a journey, for pleasure or a particular purpose.
      How was your trip to Mount Fuji?
                                ↳ trip                               
There are some expressions often used with trip.
make a trip  -  go on a trip  -  take a trip 
a business trip  -  a return trip  -  a bus/train trip

Remember❗
When you refer about an occaion you travel from a place to another, you use journey.
While, when you talk about a visit to a place that involves a journey; you talk about a trip

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