Hiking vs. Backpacking — What's the Difference?

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.

A sturdy bag designed for carrying articles on a person's back, having shoulder straps and often mounted on a lightweight frame.

To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise, especially in a natural setting.

A piece of equipment, often containing life-support devices, designed to be used while being carried on the back

To rise, especially to rise upward out of place

To hike or travel while carrying a backpack.

To travel over on foot for pleasure or exercise

To carry in a backpack.

To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly

Present participle of backpack

To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch

Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

(Football) To snap (the ball).

Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

A long walk or march

Carrying something in a pack on the back;

An often abrupt increase or rise

(Football) See snap.

Present participle of hike

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

The act by which something is hiked, or raised sharply.