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Stepper vs Stepped - What's the difference?

stepper | stepped |

As a noun stepper

is a dancer.

As a verb stepped is

(step).

As an adjective stepped is

provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.

stepper

English

(stepper motor) (stepper)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dancer.
  • A person or animal that steps energetically or high.
  • A kind of electric motor (a stepper motor) that advances in steps rather than smoothly.
  • A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating).
    • ----

    stepped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (step)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.
    • a stepped key
    a stepped gear