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Rampant vs Stampede - What's the difference?

rampant | stampede |

As an adjective rampant

is rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.

As a noun stampede is

a wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.

As a verb stampede is

to run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.

rampant

English

Alternative forms

* rampaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (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
    • little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
  • (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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant , killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, " 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.
  • Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
  • * There was rampant corruption in the city.

    • Derived terms

    * rampantly * rampant gardant * rampant regardant * rampant sejant, sejant rampant

    Related terms

    * ramp * rampage

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    stampede

    English

    (wikipedia stampede)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
    • She and her husband would join in the general stampede . -W. Black.
  • A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.
    • The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.

    Synonyms

    * (a wild running away) rush, flight * (an intensive movement of a crowd) crush, jam, trampling

    Verb

    (stamped)
  • To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
  • To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
  • *
    • "Cattle are usually quiet after dark. Still I've known even a coyote to stampede your white herd."

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