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Footprint vs Bootprint - What's the difference?

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Bootprint is a related term of footprint.



As nouns the difference between footprint and bootprint

is that footprint is the impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow while bootprint is the impression left by a boot while walking.

footprint

English

(wikipedia footprint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=13 citation , passage=“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints , both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.}}
  • Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.
  • (computing) Amount of hard drive space required for a program.
  • (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
  • Profession or lifestyle, as in...
    • He is following in his father's footprints .
  • The surface space occupied by a structure.
    • the footprint of a building .
  • A company's geographic market presence.
    • The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.
  • The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
    • My carbon footprint is very high.
  • Availability of a satellite from the ground.

    • Synonyms

    * footmark

    bootprint

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The impression left by a boot while walking
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 11, author=Paul Evans, title=Country diary, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=Their bootprints turned to face the thicket of briar and bramble in exactly the same place mine had. }}

    Related terms

    * footprint * shoeprint