Go vs. Visit — What's the Difference?

Move from one place to another; travel

To go to see or spend time with (someone); call on socially

Leave; depart

To go to see in order to aid or console

Intend or be likely or intended to be or do something (used to express a future tense)

To stay with (someone) as a guest.

Pass into or be in a specified state, especially an undesirable one

To go to see in an official or professional capacity

Proceed or turn out in a specified way

To go to see or spend time at (a place) with a certain intent

Be harmonious, complementary, or matching

To access (a website).

(of a machine or device) function

To occur to or occupy the mind of

Contribute to or be put into (a whole)

To consider or discuss

(of an article) be regularly kept or put in a particular place

To afflict or assail

(of a song or account) have a specified content or wording

To inflict or impose

Use a toilet; urinate or defecate

(Archaic) To inflict punishment on or for; avenge

An attempt or trial at something

To make a visit.

A person's turn to use or do something

(Informal) To converse or chat

Spirit, animation, or energy

The act or an instance of visiting a person or place.

A state of affairs

A stay or sojourn as a guest.

An enterprise which has been approved

(transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

A Japanese board game of territorial possession and capture.

To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.

Functioning properly

(transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

To move or travel; proceed

To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).

To move away from a place; depart

(transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).

To pursue a certain course

(transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.

To resort to another, as for aid

(transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run

(transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.

To give entry; lead

A single act of visiting.

To function properly

A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

To have currency.

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

To pass from one person to another; circulate

To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.

To pass as the result of a sale

To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.

(Informal) Used as an intensifier or to indicate annoyance when joined by and to a coordinate verb

To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.

Used in the progressive tense with an infinitive to indicate future intent or expectation

The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.

To continue to be in a certain condition or continue an activity

The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.

To come to be in a certain condition

The act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time;

To continue to be in effect or operation

A meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice;

To carry out an action to a certain point or extent

The act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)

To be called; be known

The act of going to see some person in a professional capacity;

To be customarily located; belong

A temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

To be capable of entering or fitting

Visit a place, as for entertainment;

To pass into someone's possession

Go to certain places as for sightseeing;

To be allotted

Pay a brief visit;

To be a contributing factor

Come to see in an official or professional capacity;

To have a particular form

Impose something unpleasant;

To be such, by and large

Talk socially without exchanging too much information;

To extend in time

Stay with as a guest;

To pass by; elapse

Assail;

To be used up or finished

To be discarded or abolished

To become weak; fail

To give way; break up

To cease living; die.

To happen or develop; fare

To have a successful outcome

To be suitable or appropriate as an accessory or accompaniment

To have authority

To be valid, acceptable, or adequate.

(Informal) To urinate or defecate

(Informal) To begin an act

(Obsolete) To walk.

To proceed or move according to

To traverse

To engage in

To bet

To bid

To take on the responsibility or obligation for

To participate to (a given extent)

To amount to; weigh

(Sports) To have as a record

(Informal) To enjoy

(Informal) To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration

The act or an instance of going.

An attempt; an effort

The time or period of an activity.

(Informal) Energy; vitality

The go-ahead.

Often Go The starting point

(Informal) A situation in which planned operations can be effectuated

A board game of Chinese origin in which two players take turns placing counters on the points formed by the intersection of 19 vertical and 19 horizontal lines.

(Informal) Functioning correctly and ready for action

To move:

(intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.

(intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). See also go back.

(intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).

To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).

(intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.

(intransitive) To leave; to move away.

To walk; to travel on one's feet.

To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).

(intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).

(intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.

(intransitive) To attend.

To proceed:

(intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).

To proceed (especially to do something foolish).

To follow or travel along (a path):

To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).

To travel or pass along.

(intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).

(intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.

(copulative) To become. The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.

To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.

To continuously or habitually be in a state.

(copulative) To come to (a certain condition or state).

(intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

(intransitive) To tend (toward a result).

To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.

To pass, to be used up:

To elapse, to pass; to slip away. Compare go by.

(intransitive) To end or disappear. Compare go away.

(intransitive) To be spent or used up.

(intransitive) To die.

To be lost or out:

To be lost.

To be out.

To break down or apart:

(intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.

(intransitive) To break down or decay.

(intransitive) To be sold.

(intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.

(intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.

To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.

To have a certain record.

To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:

(intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.

(intransitive) To be accepted.

(intransitive) To be valid.

To say (something), to make a sound:

To say (something, aloud or to oneself). Often used in present tense.

(transitive) To make the (specified) sound.

(intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.

To be expressed or composed (a certain way).

(intransitive) To resort (to).

To apply or subject oneself to:

To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. Compare be going to.

(intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).

(intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.

To fit (in a place, or together with something):

To fit.

(intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.

(intransitive) To belong (somewhere).

(intransitive) To date.

(transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).

To attack:

(intransitive) To fight or attack.

To fight.

To attack.

To be in general; to be usually.

(transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.

(transitive) To yield or weigh.

To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.

To enjoy. Compare go for.

To urinate or defecate.

(imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.

(uncommon) The act of going.

A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

An attempt, a try.

An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.

An act; the working or operation.

A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.

(dated) The fashion or mode.

(dated) Noisy merriment.

A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.

(uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.

(cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

A period of activity.

A dandy; a fashionable person.

(board game) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.

Gone.

To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; - used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.

To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.

To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.

To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.

To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; - often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.

To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.

To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; - generally with over or through.

To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.

To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; - in opposition to stay and come.

To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.

To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.

To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.

To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.

To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.

Act; working; operation.

A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.

The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.

Noisy merriment; as, a high go.

A glass of spirits.

Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.

That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement.

A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

A usually brief attempt;

A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Move away from a place into another direction;

Enter or assume a certain state or condition;

Be awarded; be allotted;

Have a particular form;

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;

Follow a certain course;

Be abolished or discarded;

Be or continue to be in a certain condition;

Make a certain noise or sound;

Perform as expected when applied;

To be spent or finished;

Progress by being changed;

Continue to live; endure or last;

Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action;

Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

Be in the right place or situation;

Be ranked or compare;

Begin or set in motion;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Be contained in;

Be sounded, played, or expressed;

Blend or harmonize;

Lead, extend, or afford access;

Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired;

Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way;

Be spent;

Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number;

Stop operating or functioning;

Functioning correctly and ready for action;