travel along vs ascend

travel along and ascend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
travel along	No	No	Yes	No
ascend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ascend is a hyponym of travel along; that is, ascend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than travel along:

Other hyponyms of travel along include heel.

travel along (verb)	ascend (verb)
travel along a certain course	slope upwards
	travel up
	come up, of celestial bodies
	go along towards (a river's) source
	move to a better position in life or to a better job
	appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
	become king or queen
	go back in order of genealogical succession