Course
Course verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests
Trail is a synonym for course in route topic. In some cases you can use "Trail" instead the word "Course" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like race, path, hunt, track.
Trail
Trail verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: we trailed our friend into the woods, inadvertently spoiling his plans for a solitary hike
Course is a synonym for trail in race topic. You can use "Course" instead the word "Trail" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as follow, path.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Darkwing: Unless of course, we follow this trail of latex that leaked out of the tank!
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Trail and Curse, of course, were completely conceived/made after Sellers had died, and the plots work to compensate for this absence.
Source: Franchise / The Pink Panther -
And, of course, Batman came to town, hot on the Joker's trail after the latter had gotten his hands on a massive chunk of Kryptonite.
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Trail and Course. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/course/trail
Course & Trail. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/course/trail>.
Trail or Course. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/course/trail.
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