different between detour vs jaunt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?.t??(?)/, /?di?.t??(?)/

Noun

detour (plural detours)

1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX

     On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.

See also

• bypass
• roundabout

Translations

Verb

detour (third-person singular simple present detours, present participle detouring, simple past and past participle detoured)

1. (intransitive) To make a detour.
2. (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.

Translations

Anagrams

• Drouet, douter, redout, routed, toured

Middle English

Noun

detour

1. Alternative form of dettour

English

Etymology

Compare Scots jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Swedish ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???nt/
• (some accents) IPA^(key): /?d???nt/
• Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt

Noun

jaunt (plural jaunts)

1. (archaic) A wearisome journey.
2. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

Translations

Verb

jaunt (third-person singular simple present jaunts, present participle jaunting, simple past and past participle jaunted)

1. (intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
2. (intransitive) To ride on a jaunting car.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.

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Derived terms

• jaunting car

Translations

References

• Jaunting-Car in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• jantu, junta