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Stampeder vs Stampede - What's the difference?

stampeder | stampede |

As nouns the difference between stampeder and stampede

is that stampeder is someone or something that stampedes while 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.

stampeder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that stampedes
  • Someone following a stampede for a gold rush

    • 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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