different between venture vs voyage

English

Etymology

Clipping of adventure.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?n.t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?n.t???/
• Hyphenation: ven?ture

Noun

venture (plural ventures)

1. A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
2. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.

   Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency
3. The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

   Synonym: stake

Hyponyms

• business venture
• joint venture

Translations

Verb

venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)

1. (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.

   • who freights a ship to venture on the seas

2. (transitive) To risk or offer.
3. (intransitive) to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on
4. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.

5. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
6. (transitive) To say something.

Derived terms

• venture capital

Related terms

• venturesome
• venturous

Translations

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Adjective

venture

1. feminine plural of venturo

Noun

venture f

1. plural of ventura

Latin

Participle

vent?re

1. vocative masculine singular of vent?rus

English

Etymology

From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage and Old French voiage, from Latin viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern French voyage. Doublet of viaticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??.?d?/

Noun

voyage (plural voyages)

1. A long journey, especially by ship.
2. (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.

Synonyms

• adventure
• exploration
• expedition
• excursion
• journey
• tour
• vacation

Derived terms

• maiden voyage

Related terms

• envoy

Translations

Verb

voyage (third-person singular simple present voyages, present participle voyaging, simple past and past participle voyaged)

1. (intransitive) To go on a long journey.
   • 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude

     A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

Conjugation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French voiage, viage, veiage, from Latin vi?ticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwa.ja?/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [vo.ja?], [(v)w?.ja?]
• Homophones: voyagent, voyages
• Hyphenation: vo?yage
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

voyage m (plural voyages)

1. trip, travel

Verb

voyage

1. first-person singular present indicative of voyager
2. third-person singular present indicative of voyager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
5. second-person singular imperative of voyager

Related terms

• agence de voyages
• bon voyage
• gens de voyage
• voyage d'affaires
• voyage de noces
• voyageur
• voyagiste

Further reading

• “voyage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• goyave