Step vs Move - What's the difference?

In intransitive terms the difference between step and move

is that step is to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely while move is (to change residence) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

In transitive terms the difference between step and move

is that step is to set, as the foot while move is to propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

step

English

Verb

To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.

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To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

* Home the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold. —

(figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.

* They are stepping almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity. — (Alexander Pope)

To set, as the foot.

(nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step ; to erect.

* 1898 , (Joseph Conrad),

We put everything straight, stepped the long-boat's mast for our skipper, who was in charge of her, and I was not sorry to sit down for a moment.

Derived terms

* step aside (to walk a little distance from the rest; to retire from company) * step down * step forth (to move or come forth) * step forward * step in/step into * step-in * step out ** (military) To increase the length, but not the rapidity, of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches ** To go out for a short distance or a short time * step short (military) (to diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules) * step off (to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers) * step up

Noun

(en noun)

An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.

*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.

*Sir (Henry Wotton) (1568-1639)

*:The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot.

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A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.

The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress.

*(Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)

*:To derive two or three general principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow from those manifest principles, would be a very great step in philosophy.

A small space or distance.

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

A gait; manner of walking.

*1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,

*:Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step .

Proceeding; measure; action; act.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world.

*(William Cowper) (1731-1800)

*:Beware of desperate steps . The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away.

*(George Washington Cable) (1844-1925)

*:I have lately taken steps to relieve the old gentleman's distresses.

(lb) A walk; passage.

*(John Dryden)

*:Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree.

(lb) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

(lb) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

(lb) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.

(lb) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

(lb) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.

:Usage note: The word tone is often used as the name of this interval; but there is evident incongruity in using tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the word scale is derived from the Italian scala , a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps.

(lb) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

:(William Kingdon Clifford)

Synonyms

* stride

Derived terms

(Terms derived from the noun "step") * in step * out of step * step by step * stepwise * Back step', ' Half step , etc. See under back, half, etc. * Step grate : a form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps. * To take steps : to take action; to move in a matter. * one step at a time: slowly and cautiously

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move

English

Alternative forms

* meve * (l) (obsolete) * (l)

Verb

(mov)

To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

A ship moves rapidly.

I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, I was too lazy to move .

* 1839 , Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95

Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.

To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

to move in a matter

Come on guys, let's move : there's work to do!

(senseid)To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.

They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.

(intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

The rook moved from a8 to a6.

My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.

(ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir.

The waves moved the boat up and down.

The horse moves a carriage.

(chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.

To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

This song moves me to dance.

* Knolles

Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.

* Dryden

No female arts his mind could move .

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion.

That book really moved me.

* Bible, Matthew ix. 36

When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.

* Shakespeare

Let me but move one question to your daughter.

* Hayward

They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects.

(obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

(obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book VII:

"Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."

(obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.

(Shakespeare)

Synonyms

* actuate * affect * agitate * impel * incite * incline * induce * influence * instigate * offer * persuade * prompt * propose * rouse * stir * transfer * trouble

Derived terms

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Noun

(en noun)

The act of moving; a movement.

A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.

A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move .

He can win a match with that one move .

The event of changing one's residence.

The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.

They were pleased about their move to the country.

A change in strategy.

I am worried about our boss's move .

It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:

Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.

It's your move ! Roll the dice!

If you roll a six, you can make two moves .

Synonyms

* (act of moving) * (moving to another place) removal, relocation

Derived terms

* camera move * get a move on * make a move * on the move

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