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Tramping vs Walking - What's the difference?

tramping | walking |

As verbs the difference between tramping and walking

is that tramping is while walking is .

As nouns the difference between tramping and walking

is that tramping is the act or sound of one who tramps, or walks heavily while walking is .

As an adjective walking is

as a human; living.

tramping

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or sound of one who tramps, or walks heavily.
  • * (Mark Twain)
  • Now we was in the lean-to, and heard trampings close by outside. So we crept to the door, and Tom stopped us there and put his eye to the crack, but couldn't make out nothing, it was so dark

    walking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
  • Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Rob Dorit
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= These 'Bots Are Made for Walking , passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • as a human; living.
  • Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
  • Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  • Characterized by or suitable for walking.
  • a walking tour
    good walking shoes

    Derived terms

    * walking bass * walking cane * walking carpet * walking cast * walking fern * walking frame * walking papers * walking patient * walking stick * walking wounded

    See also

    * shanks' pony