Picnic vs. Tour: What's the Difference?

Picnic and Tour Definitions
Picnic
A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
Tour
A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.
Picnic
(Slang) An easy task or pleasant experience
Finishing the project on time was no picnic.
Tour
A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion.
Picnic
A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
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Tour
A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it
A tour of the house.
Picnic
To go on or participate in a picnic.
Tour
A journey to fulfill a round of engagements in several places
A pianist on a concert tour.
Picnic
An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
We went out for a picnic in the forest.
Tour
A shift, as in a factory.
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Picnic
The meal eaten at such a gathering.
Tour
A period of duty at a single place or job.
Picnic
(figurative) An easy or pleasant task.
We remind the guests that dealing with this problem is no picnic, and to be patient.
Tour
(Sports) A series of professional tournaments, as in golf.
Picnic
(obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
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Tour
To travel from place to place, especially for pleasure.
Picnic
A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.
Tour
To travel among various places while fulfilling engagements.
Picnic
To take part in a picnic.
Tour
To make a tour of
Toured Europe last summer.
Officials touring the scene of the disaster.
Picnic
Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).
Tour
To present (a play, for example) on a tour.
Picnic
To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.
Tour
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
Picnic
A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
Tour
A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
Picnic
Any undertaking that is easy to do;
Marketing this product will be no picnic
Tour
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
Metallica's tour of Europe
Picnic
Any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
Tour
A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
Picnic
Eat alfresco, in the open air;
We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday
Tour
A street and road race, frequently multiday.
Tour
(sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.
Tour
(military) A tour of duty.
Tour
(graph theory) A closed trail.
Tour
(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
Tour
(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
The tours of the heavenly bodies
Tour
(snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments
Tour
(dated) A tower.
Tour
(intransitive) To make a journey
The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
Tour
(transitive) To make a circuit of a place
The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
Tour
To toot a horn.
Tour
A tower.
Tour
A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.
The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
Tour
A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.
Tour
Anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
Tour
To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.
Tour
A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area;
They took an extended tour of Europe
We took a quick circuit of the park
A ten-day coach circuit of the island
Tour
A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);
It's my go
A spell of work
Tour
A period of time spent in military service
Tour
Make a tour of a certain place;
We toured the Provence this summer