Stampede vs Prominence - What's the difference?
stampede | prominence |
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.
A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.
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.
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The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
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*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
Relative importance.
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
(lb) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
As nouns the difference between stampede and prominence
is that stampede is stampede while prominence is the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.stampede
English
(wikipedia stampede)Noun
(en noun)- She and her husband would join in the general stampede . -W. Black.
- 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, tramplingVerb
(stamped)- "Cattle are usually quiet after dark. Still I've known even a coyote to stampede your white herd."