Journey vs. Commute: What's the Difference?

The act of traveling from one place to another, especially when involving a considerable distance; a trip.

To travel as a commuter

A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip

To make substitution or exchange.

A process or course likened to traveling, such as a series of trying experiences; a passage

To serve as a substitute.

To make a journey; travel.

To pay in gross, usually at a reduced rate, rather than in individual payments.

To travel over or through.

Mathematics & Logic To satisfy a commutative property. If a × b = b × a, then a commutes with b, regardless of whether the operation indicated by × is commutative.

A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

To substitute (one thing for another); exchange.

(metaphorical) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.

To change (a penalty, debt, or payment) to a less severe one.

(obsolete) A day.

An act or instance of commuting, especially the trip made by a commuter

(obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.

To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen

(obsolete) A day's work.

To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.

The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.

To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.

A group of giraffes.

To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash

To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution;

The travel or work of a day.

Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.

Travel or passage from one place to another, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time.

To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.

A passage through life, or a passage through any significant experience, or from one state to another.

To regularly travel from one place to another using public transport.

The distance that is traveled in a journey{2}, or the time taken to complete a journey{2}; as, it's a two-day journey from the oasis into Cairo by camel; from Mecca to Samarkand is quite a journey.

(intransitive) To journey, to make a journey

To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.

A regular journey between two places, typically home and work.

To traverse; to travel over or through.

The route, time or distance of that journey.

The act of traveling from one place to another

To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.

Undertake a journey or trip

To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

Travel upon or across;

To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.

To travel regularly from a place of residence to another place, such as where one's daily work is performed. Often, such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby city; as, to commute to work.

Transpose and remain equal in value;

Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

Change the order or arrangement of;

Exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;