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Footfall vs Walkin - What's the difference?

footfall | walkin |

Walkin is likely misspelled.


Walkin has no English definition.

As a noun footfall

is the sound made by a footstep.

footfall

English

Alternative forms

* foot-fall

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) The sound made by a footstep.
  • * 1611 , , The Tempest , act 2, sc. 2,
  • . . . like hedgehogs which
    Lie tumbling in my barefoot way and mount
    Their pricks at my footfall .
  • * 1916 , , "The Hungry Stones," in The Hungry Stones And Other Stories ,
  • I heard many footfalls , as if a large number of persons were rushing down the steps.
  • *
  • (chiefly, British, uncountable) Foot (pedestrian) traffic.
  • * 1883 , , The Silverado Squatters , ch. 1,
  • This stir of change and these perpetual echoes of the moving footfall , haunt the land. Men move eternally, still chasing Fortune.
  • * 2008 , " Bargains galore in battle of the high street," The Scotsman , 9 Dec. (retrieved 11 Dec. 2008),
  • With high-street stores desperate to increase footfall and buck the financial downturn, retailers have started issuing discount vouchers.

    walkin

    Not English

    Walkin has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'walkin':

    walkman, welkin, walkon, walkmen