Sail vs. Voyage
Difference Between Sail and Voyage
Sailnoun
(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
Voyagenoun
A long journey, especially by ship.
Sailnoun
(nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
Take in sail, a storm is coming.Voyagenoun
(obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
Sailnoun
(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
Voyageverb
(intransitive) To go on a long journey.
Sailnoun
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
Let's go for a sail.Voyagenoun
an act of traveling by water
Sailnoun
(dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail.
Twenty sail were in sight.Voyagenoun
a journey to some distant place
Sailnoun
The blade of a windmill.
Voyageverb
travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means;
The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrowSailnoun
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
Sailnoun
The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
Sailnoun
(fishing) A sailfish.
We caught three sails today.Sailnoun
(paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
Sailnoun
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
Sailverb
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
Sailverb
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
Sailverb
To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
Sailverb
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
We sail for Australia tomorrow.Sailverb
To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
Sailverb
To move briskly.
The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.Sailnoun
a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Sailnoun
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
Sailverb
traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water);
We sailed the AtlanticHe sailed the Pacific all aloneSailverb
move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions;
The diva swept into the roomShreds of paper sailed through the airThe searchlights swept across the skySailverb
travel in a boat propelled by wind;
I love sailing, especially on the open seaSailverb
travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means;
The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
