different between shortcut vs detour

English

Alternative forms

• short cut, short-cut

Etymology

From short +? cut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????tk?t/
• Hyphenation: short?cut
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

shortcut (plural shortcuts)

1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
3. (computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.

4. A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• shortcut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

shortcut (third-person singular simple present shortcuts, present participle shortcutting, simple past and past participle shortcutted)

1. To take or use a shortcut

Derived terms

• shortcutter

Anagrams

• cut short

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