Refer and Travel

Refer

Refer verb - To have a relation or connection.

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Travel and refer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Travel" instead a verb "Refer".

Travel verb - To take a trip especially of some distance.

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Refer and travel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refer" instead a verb "Travel".

people	refer people	travel people
name	refer name	travel name
place	refer place	travel place
time	refer time	travel time
Other words: way, space, year, none, everyone.

The protagonists in Primer never refer to their time machine as a time machine, nor do they use the words time travel to describe their time travel.

Source: Not Using the "Z" Word
Stargate SG-1 self-consciously makes use of this by having similar plotlines (time travel, alternate dimensions) refer to or even depend on previous episodes with similar plots.

Source: Fleeting Demographic Rule aka: Seven Year Rule
Later, we meet an operative who's job is to scare away any "Planet-Hoppers" (The term this people use to refer to the "crazy" races that use dangerous space travel instead of safe time travel) from the abandoned eras of the planet.

Source: Apathy Killed the Cat

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