Carry vs. Travel — What's the Difference?

To hold or support while moving; bear

Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.

To move or take from one place to another; transport

Make a journey, typically of some length

Chiefly Southern US To escort or accompany.

(of an object or radiation) move, typically in a constant or predictable way

To serve as a means for the conveyance of; transmit

Take more than the allowed number of steps (typically two) while holding the ball without dribbling it.

To communicate; pass on

The action of travelling

To express or contain

The range, rate, or mode of motion of a part of a machine

To have (something) on the surface or skin; bear

To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.

To hold or be capable of holding

To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.

To support (a weight or responsibility).

To move or pass, as from one person to another

To support the weight or responsibility of

To be transmitted, as light or sound

To keep or have on one's person

To move along a course, as a phonograph needle in the groove of a record.

To be pregnant with (offspring).

(Informal) To move swiftly

To hold and move (the body or a part of it) in a particular way

To go about in the company of a particular group; associate

To behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified manner.

To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly.

To extend or continue in space, time, or degree

(Basketball) To move illegally while holding the ball, usually by taking more than two steps between dribbles or by moving a foot that has been established as a pivot.

To give impetus to; propel

To pass or journey over or through; traverse

To take further; advance

The act or process of traveling from one place to another

To take or seize, especially by force; capture.

A series of journeys

To be successful in; win

An account of one's journeys.

To gain victory, support, or acceptance for

The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers

To win a majority of the votes in

Movement or passage

To gain the sympathy of; win over

The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.

To include or keep on a list

The length of a mechanical stroke.

To have as an attribute or accompaniment

(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

To involve as a condition, consequence, or effect

(intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit

(Physics) To possess (an intrinsic property, such as color charge) or convey (a force) that governs particle interactions.

To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.

To transfer from one place, as a column, page, or book, to another

(transitive) To travel throughout (a place).

To keep in stock; offer for sale

(transitive) To force to journey.

To keep in one's accounts as a debtor

(obsolete) To labour; to travail.

To maintain or support (one that is weaker or less competent, for example).

The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

To compensate for (a weaker member or partner) by one's performance.

(in the plural) A series of journeys.

To place before the public; print or broadcast

(in the plural) An account of one's travels.

To produce as a crop.

The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.

To provide forage for (livestock)

The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.

To sing (a melody, for example) on key

(obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

(Nautical) To be equipped with (a mast or sail).

Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.

To cover (a distance) or advance beyond (a point or object) in one golf stroke.

To labor; to travail.

To control and advance (a ball or puck).

To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.

(Basketball) To palm (the ball) in violation of the rules.

To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California.

To act as a bearer

To pass; to go; to move.

To be transmitted or conveyed

To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.

To admit of being transported

To force to journey.

To hold the neck and head in a certain way. Used of a horse.

The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.

To be accepted or approved

An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; - often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.

The act or process of carrying.

The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.

A portage, as between two navigable bodies of water.

Labor; parturition; travail.

(Football) An act of running with the ball on an offensive play from scrimmage

The act of going from one place to another;

The range of a gun or projectile.

A movement through space that changes the location of something

The distance traveled by a hurled or struck ball.

Self-propelled movement

Reach; projection

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

Undertake a journey or trip

(transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

Make a trip for pleasure

(transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

Travel upon or across;

To move; to convey using force

Undergo transportation as in a vehicle;

(transitive) To lead or guide.

Travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge

(transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.

(transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.

(transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly

In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.

(transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).

(intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.

To insult, to diss.

To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.

To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.

(transitive) To have on one's person.

To be pregnant (with).

To have propulsive power; to propel.

To hold the head; said of a horse.

(hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle

To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.

(obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.

To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit

(reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.

To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.

(intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.

(gaming) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.

(Southern US) to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)

(North America) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.

A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.

(computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.

(finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.

(golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.

(finance) Carried interest.

The sky; cloud-drift.

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; - often with away or off.

To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.

To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.

To get possession of by force; to capture.

To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.

To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; - with the reflexive pronouns.

To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.

To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.

To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.

To hold the head; - said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

The act of carrying something

Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body;

Have with oneself; have on one's person;

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

Serve as a means for expressing something;

Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of;

Support or hold in a certain manner;

Contain or hold; have within;

Extend to a certain degree;

Continue or extend;

Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve;

Win in an election;

Include, as on a list;

Behave in a certain manner;

Have on hand;

Include as the content; broadcast or publicize;

Propel,

Pass on a communication;

Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence;

Be conveyed over a certain distance;

Keep up with financial support;

Have or possess something abstract;

Win approval or support for;

Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance;

Take further or advance;

Have on the surface or on the skin;

Capture after a fight;

Transfer (entries) from one account book to another

Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication;

Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer;

Bear (a crop);

Propel or give impetus to;

Drink alcohol without showing ill effects;

Be able to feed;

Have a certain range;

Cover a certain distance or advance beyond;

Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions);

Be successful in;

Sing or play against other voices or parts;

Be pregnant with;