Think of going on holiday…… You traveled from Paris to London…….you can’t say I journey from Paris to London However you can say …how was your journey from Paris to London? You can ask …do you like to travel/ travelling……..can ask using journeys. Journey is more similar to a trip ( to certain extend) You can say that someone made several journeys between Paris and London before getting the contract in place…… Journey can also refer to a development of a process…… The lawsuit went on for 4 years. It has been a long journey for me….. I finally got my degree……it has been a long journey…. Does it help?

Your understanding of journey is correct. The word travel can be used in a few ways. To travel - verb - as you know Travel forms part of some multi word nouns, such as travel insurance and travel agency It can also be used as a noun on its own. So we can say that foreign travel (noun) was affected by the COVID pandemic because people were unable to travel (verb) Does that help?

The words are similar, and "journey" can almost always substitute for "travel". However, "travel" cannot always substitute for "journey". "Journey" is a larger concept that includes much more than mere travel can. For example, you can have a "spiritual journey" that can carry you through a progression of religious beliefs or practices and can last a whole lifetime (even though you might not actually travel anywhere). Or, you can have (as many people here on iTalki do) a journey through languages. Many people have political journeys (ugh!). You can have gastronomic, musical, or poetic journeys. There's no limit. "Travel" is much more often associated with physical motion and is limited in time, though this doesn't have to be.

In American English, at least: "Travel" is usually a verb, though it can also be a verbal noun. As a verb, it indicates the general process of moving from one place to another. You can travel from Paris to Berlin. News can travel from neighbor to neighbor. An airplane can travel quickly. As a noun, I think "travel" is a gerund from which we drop the "-ing". "I enjoy travel" is a shortened way of saying, "I enjoy traveling." In that sense, it means something like "I enjoy going to new places, seeing new things, meeting new people, etc." "Journey" is almost always a noun. It refers to the time period and experiences of a given instance of traveling, especially one that is long and/or challenging. In everyday speech, it is often used metaphorically: My language-learning journey, my journey through grief, memory = "a journey through time." Most Americans won't refer to, say, a trip to Europe as a journey. I think in other English-speaking countries, that use of journey is more common."Journey" can also be a verb, though I don't hear it used very often. It sounds a bit formal and old-fashioned. I hope that helps!