different between travelogue vs traveloguelike

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.

English

Etymology

travelogue +? -like

Adjective

traveloguelike (comparative more traveloguelike, superlative most traveloguelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a travelogue.