trip VS jaunt
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jaunt (old-fashioned or humorous) a short journey that you make for pleasure
"trip" is definitely a much more widely used term. A "trip" is journey that can be long or short; it is not an old-fashioned term and not intrinsically humorous.
"trip" can be used formally and informally and a trip can be for a wide range of purposes. eg
We'll make a shopping trip to London next week.
This travel insurance policy covers you for up to five trips abroad.
They went on a day-trip to the seaside. [?? not sure about the hyphen ??]
Seventeen day-trippers were killed when their coach overturned on the icy road.
jaunt (old-fashioned or humorous) a short journey that you make for pleasure
"trip" is definitely a much more widely used term. A "trip" is journey that can be long or short; it is not an old-fashioned term and not intrinsically humorous.
"trip" can be used formally and informally and a trip can be for a wide range of purposes. eg
We'll make a shopping trip to London next week.
This travel insurance policy covers you for up to five trips abroad.
They went on a day-trip to the seaside. [?? not sure about the hyphen ??]
Seventeen day-trippers were killed when their coach overturned on the icy road.
For me, a jaunt is a relatively short journey, taken at a leisurely pace, for pleasure.
Let's take a jaunt down to Wigan, and have lunch on the pier.
She make the trip to the hospital twice a day to visit her sick child.
You could not say jaunt here.
Let's take a jaunt down to Wigan, and have lunch on the pier.
She make the trip to the hospital twice a day to visit her sick child.
You could not say jaunt here.
Hi Mara. Yes, the word 'jaunt' is a more "colorful" but less commonly used synonym of 'trip.' That's to say, we're feeling pretty perky when we use it. It's said in fun: Let's take a jaunt up the coast! Let's take a quick jaunt on your new motorcycle! Let's jaunt up ahead and surprise them!
I would never use the word 'jaunt' because it is old-fashioned.
I sometimes hear the word said by old people, in American films etc, and it always makes me smile because it is such a dated word in the UK.
The word 'trip' is much more common in the UK.
I sometimes hear the word said by old people, in American films etc, and it always makes me smile because it is such a dated word in the UK.
The word 'trip' is much more common in the UK.
How about an excursion and outing? Any differences among those? Thanks in advance.
Also, is "trek" a hard journey?
Also, is "trek" a hard journey?
Yes, Mara, usage of the word jaunt is strictly reserved for people with a tendency toward smiling quite often, people inclined to a little mischief-making now and then, those who like to hug and kiss a lot, eccentric characters who are bold enough to find hilarity in our human predicament, those rascals who truly find enjoyment in cobbling funny words together. 
To me a jaunt is more aimless than a trip - "a jaunt down to Wigan" sounds all wrong, Brioche, as most jaunts would be unlikely to have a target. One is more likely to leave home with no particular destination in mind.
Don't forget that I live in the land of the jaunting car!
Don't forget that I live in the land of the jaunting car!
Around here, a jaunt is quite specifically a supposed business trip that has a distinctly social content. A weekend in Dublin for a one-hour product demonstration on a Saturday morning on the day of the Ireland-Wales rugby international. That is a jaunt, a jolly, or a legitimate business expense.
Could jaunt be more of a word used in American English ??!! Probably a jaunt is a shorter trip (like journey could be a longer trip)....my 2 cents.
I would only use "jaunt" humorously and/or sarcastically.
"I wonder how much the councillors' jaunt to our twin town cost the public purse."
"I wonder how much the councillors' jaunt to our twin town cost the public purse."
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Yes.
To me, it's just a word I've seen in books.
Indeed, you don't hear that many mother-tongue speakers use it.....but some of my American colleagues seem to use it more than, say...outing or excursion. Us Aussies usually say excursion.