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Hiking vs. Trekking — What's the Difference?

Hiking vs. Trekking — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hiking and Trekking

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Hiking

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

Trekking

To make a slow or arduous journey.

Hiking

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

Trekking

To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.

Hiking

To rise, especially to rise upward out of place
My coat had hiked up in the back.
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Trekking

South African To travel by ox wagon.

Hiking

To travel over on foot for pleasure or exercise
Hiked the Appalachian Trail.

Trekking

A journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult.

Hiking

To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly
Shopkeepers who hiked their prices for the tourist trade.

Trekking

South African A journey by ox wagon, especially a migration such as that of the Boers from 1835 to 1837.

Hiking

To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch
Hiked myself onto the stone wall.
Hiked up her knee socks.

Trekking

Present participle of trek

Hiking

(Football) To snap (the ball).

Trekking

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.

Hiking

A long walk or march
Went for a hike to the lake.

Hiking

An often abrupt increase or rise
A price hike.

Hiking

(Football) See snap.

Hiking

Present participle of hike

Hiking

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice.

Hiking

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

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