Trampling vs Stampede - What's the difference?
trampling | stampede | Synonyms |
The act of something that tramples.
* (Mark Twain)
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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Stampede is a synonym of trampling.
As verbs the difference between trampling and stampede
is that trampling is present participle of lang=en while stampede is to run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.As nouns the difference between trampling and stampede
is that trampling is the act of something that tramples 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.trampling
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings , and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
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."