Ramp vs Rampant - What's the difference?
ramp | rampant |
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
(aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
(aviation) A place where an aircraft parks, next to a terminal, for loading and unloading (see also apron)
(skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
A speed bump
To behave violently; to rage.
To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
* Spenser
To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
* Ray
To stand in a rampant position. (rfex)
To change value, often at a steady rate
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An American plant, , related to the onion; a wild leek.
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(Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.
(originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
* The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
(heraldry) Rearing on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
* Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved
(architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
* Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
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Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
* There was rampant corruption in the city.
Rampant is a related term of ramp.
As a noun ramp
is an inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.As a verb ramp
is to behave violently; to rage.As an adjective rampant is
rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.ramp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rampe, back-formation of (etyl) ramper, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* boat rampVerb
(en verb)- Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp .
- With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
- If Q(t)'' < ''qp'' then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that ''Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.
- The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.
Derived terms
* ramp upEtymology 2
See ramson.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (Allium triococcum) ramps, rams, ramson, ramsons, wild leekSee also
* buckramExternal links
* (Allium tricoccum) * (Allium tricoccum) * (Allium tricoccum) *Anagrams
* ----rampant
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Alternative forms
* rampaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
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Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
- In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions.