Detour and Escape

Detour

Detour verb - To avoid by going around.

Usage example: we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium

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Escape and detour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Escape" instead the word "Detour" as a verb or a noun.

Escape verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.

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Detour and escape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detour" instead the word "Escape" as a verb or a noun.

special	special detour	special escape
fast	fast detour	fast escape
actual	actual detour	actual escape
quick	quick detour	quick escape
Other adjectives: unlikely, sudden.

He narrowly manages to escape, taking a detour into the human world to throw the Nightmare off his trail.

Source: Literature / Terra Mirum Chronicles
At the end of the game when Samus is trying to escape the Zebes-Shatttering Kaboom, taking a slight detour shows them trapped in a room.

Source: Androcles' Lion
Immediately after Hannibal and Abigail escape on the ground floor, Blade jumps out of a higher window and lands unharmed, saying he only took the detour because he "forgot his sword".

Source: Film / Blade: Trinity