barrier vs expedition

barrier

verb
  • To block or obstruct with a barrier. 

noun
  • A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others. 

  • A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries. 

  • The lists in a tournament. 

  • A structure that bars passage. 

  • An obstacle or impediment. 

  • A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A. 

  • A boundary or limit. 

expedition

verb
  • To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel. 

noun
  • An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage 

  • The group of people making such excursion. 

  • A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory. 

  • A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose 

  • The process or activities of performing expediter tasks. 

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