tour vs take the road

tour is a noun but take the road is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tour	Yes	No	Yes	No
take the road	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take the road is a hyponym of tour; that is, take the road is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tour:

tour: make a tour of a certain place
take the road: give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town

Other hyponyms of tour include see, visit.

tour (noun)	take the road (noun)
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
a period of time spent in military service

tour (verb)	take the road (verb)
make a tour of a certain place	give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town