Trail vs. Trek: What's the Difference?

To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground

To make a slow or arduous journey.

To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.

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

To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.

South African To travel by ox wagon.

To follow the course taken by; pursue

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

To follow behind

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

To lag behind (an opponent)

(South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.

To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground

(South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.

To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface

A slow or difficult journey.

To drift in a thin stream

A long walk.

To become gradually fainter; dwindle

(intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.

To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge

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

To be behind in competition; lag

(South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.

A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.

(Nigeria) To travel by walking.

An overland route

To draw or haul a load, as oxen.

A marked course through one or more bodies of water, as for recreational boaters or divers.

To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate.

A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.

The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration.

The scent of a person or animal

A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)

Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train

Any long and difficult trip

A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind

Journey on foot, especially in the mountains;

Something that hangs loose and long

Make a long and difficult journey;

The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.

The act of trailing.

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

(transitive) To leave (a trail of).

(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

(intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.

(intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.

(intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

(military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

To create a trail in.

To travel by following or creating trails.

To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail.

(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.

A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

A route or circuit generally.

(television) A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.

(graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground.

To hunt by the track; to track.

To draw or drag, as along the ground.

To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.

To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

To be drawn out in length; to follow after.

To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.

A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.

A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.

A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.

The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; - applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.

The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.

A track or mark left by something that has passed;

A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

Evidence pointing to a possible solution;

To lag or linger behind;

Go after with the intent to catch;

Move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly;

Hang down so as to drag along the ground;

Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground;