Tracking vs. Trekking: What's the Difference?

The placing of students in any of several courses of study according to ability, achievement, or needs. Also called ability grouping.

To make a slow or arduous journey.

The position of a magnetic tape as it moves across magnetic heads, as in a VCR.

To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.

The lateral pressure of a phonograph needle as it tracks in a groove.

South African To travel by ox wagon.

The act or process by which something is tracked.

A journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult.

(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.

South African A journey by ox wagon, especially a migration such as that of the Boers from 1835 to 1837.

(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level.

Present participle of trek

Present participle of track

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.

The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind