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Stomp vs Tiptoe - What's the difference?

stomp | tiptoe |

As verbs the difference between stomp and tiptoe

is that stomp is (ambitransitive) to trample heavily while tiptoe is to walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.

As nouns the difference between stomp and tiptoe

is that stomp is a dance having a heavy, rhythmic step while tiptoe is the tips of one's toes collectively.

As an adjective tiptoe is

standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.

stomp

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To trample heavily.
  • (slang) To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.

    • Synonyms

    (To severely beat someone) crush

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step.
  • The jazz music for this dance.

    • tiptoe

    English

    (wikipedia tiptoe)

    Alternative forms

    * tip-toe * tippytoe, tippy-toe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tips of one's toes collectively.

    • Derived terms

    * on tiptoe

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
  • * Byron
    • above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory
  • Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
  • * Cowper
    • with tiptoe step

    Verb

    (d)
  • To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
  • *, chapter=13
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.}}

    Related terms

    * tiptoe around