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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