different between itinerary vs travelogue

English

Etymology

From Late Latin itinerarius (“pertaining to a journey”), neuter itiner?rium (“an account of a journey, a road-book”), from iter (“a way, journey”); see itinerate, itinerant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /a??t?n??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /a??t?n????i/

Noun

itinerary (plural itineraries)

1. A written schedule of activities for a vacation or road trip.
2. A route or proposed route of a journey.
3. An account or record of a journey.
4. A guidebook for travellers.

Translations

Adjective

itinerary (comparative more itinerary, superlative most itinerary)

1. itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey

   • It were rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.

Further reading

• itinerary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• itinerary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• itinerary at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• travelog (American)

Etymology

Supposedly a blend of travel +? monologue, coined by Elias Burton Holmes.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?trav?l??/

Noun

travelogue (plural travelogues)

1. A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
   • 2012, R.K. Wilson, The Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to Pushkin, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN)

     During this period, and especially in Russia, the travelogue becomes a hybrid genre comprising elements of poetry, prose, and the drama.

   • 2016, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotated, MarcoPolo (?ISBN)

     The Road to Oxiana is a travelogue by Robert Byron, first published in 1937. It is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.

Derived terms

• traveloguelike

Translations

See also

• itinerary

Further reading

• “travelogue”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.