different between detour vs longhauling

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

Alternative forms

• long-hauling

Etymology

long haul +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??h??l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??h?l??/, /?l??-/
• Hyphenation: long?haul?ing

Noun

longhauling (uncountable)

1. The act of travelling long distances.
2. The act of a taxicab driver taking a passenger on a long detour to the destination without consent in order to drive up the fare.
3. The act of transporting goods over long distances.

Verb

longhauling

1. present participle of longhaul.

Related terms

• long haul
• longhaul (verb)
• longhauled (adjective)