Sail vs. Voyage

Sail vs. Voyage — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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 tomorrow
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Sailnoun

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 alone

Sailverb

move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions;

The diva swept into the roomShreds of paper sailed through the airThe searchlights swept across the sky

Sailverb

travel in a boat propelled by wind;

I love sailing, especially on the open sea

Sailverb

travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means;

The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow