different between journey vs accouterment

English

Etymology

From Middle English journe, jorney, from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from di?s (“day”). Displaced native reys.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d????ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Noun

journey (plural journeys)

1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

2. (figuratively) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.

3. (obsolete) A day.
4. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
5. (obsolete) A day's work.
6. The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
7. (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:journey

Translations

Verb

journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)

1. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

Synonyms

• wayfare

Translations

Further reading

• journey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• journey in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• journey at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle English

Noun

journey

1. Alternative form of journe

English

Alternative forms

• accoutrement (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Middle French accoustrement, from accoustrer, from Old French acostrer (“arrange, sew up”), first attested in the 1540s.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??ku.t?.m?nt/

Noun

accouterment (plural accouterments)

1. (military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
2. (chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.

   Synonyms: equipment, gear, trappings, accessory
3. (by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
4. (archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.

Related terms

• accouter

Translations

Further reading

• “accoutrement”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “accouterment”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• accoutrement