What's the difference between saying: I'm transiting Chicago. VS I'm transferring

[B45]

What's the difference between saying:

I'm transiting Chicago.

VS

I'm transferring Chicago.

And

I'm transiting in Chicago.

VS

I'm transferring in Chicago.

Do all mean the same thing?

 

[MikeNewYork]

I am transferring to Chicago.

 

[Rover_KE]

What are you doing in Chicago? Changing planes or moving house?

 

[Raymott]

Or actually moving Chicago, as you imply in 1b?

 

[B45]

Sorry, I'm at an airport texting a friend, telling him what I was doing.

Are all usable in this circumstance:

I'm transiting Chicago.

VS

I'm transferring Chicago.

And

I'm transiting in Chicago.

VS

I'm transferring in Chicago.

Do all mean the same thing?

 

[Rover_KE]

No, they aren't.

I still don't know what you are doing there.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

Do you mean that you are in transit?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Might the OP mean that he is at an airport in Chicago and transferring elsewhere soon?

Not a teacher.

 

[tedmc]

"I am in transit in Chicago" would make sense.

not a teacher

 

[SoothingDave]

I would say "I have a layover in Chicago."

 

[B45]

Yes, the plane is stopping in Chicago and my connecting flight is a few hours later on a different plane.

 

[Rover_KE]

Then take Dave's advice in post #10. "I have a layover in Chicago."

n layover

• a break in a journey, esp in waiting for a connection

• (Collins)

 

[B45]

But I'm answering the flight attendant's question: Will you be staying in Chicago?

And I reply with:

No, I'm only transferring Chicago.

VS

No, I'm only transiting Chicago.

 

[SoothingDave]

But I'm answering the flight attendant's question: Will you be staying in Chicago?

And I reply with:

No, I'm only transferring Chicago.

VS

No, I'm only transiting Chicago.

No. You can't use those as a transitive verb.

"No, I'm catching a connection."

 

[B45]

What about:

No, I'm transfering in Chicago. OR

No, I'm transitting in Chicago.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Have you read the thread responses?

 

[B45]

Yes, so are none of my suggestion wrong?

 

[B45]

layover in Chicago.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes, so are none of my suggestions wrong?

No — all of your suggestions are wrong.

layover in Chicago.

That's not a sentence.

 

[B45]

How about if I add 'through' -

I'm transferring through Chicago.

VS

I'm transiting through Chicago.