Tread vs Stamp - What's the difference?
tread | stamp |
To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
* Alexander Pope
* Milton
To step or walk upon.
To beat or press with the feet.
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Shakespeare
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
* Bible, Psalms xliv. 5
To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
(of a male bird) To copulate with.
(tread)
A step.
A manner of stepping.
* Tennyson
(obsolete) A way; a track or path.
The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
The sound made when someone or something is walking.
* 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
* 1896 , (Bret Harte), Barker's Luck and Other Stories
(biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
The act of copulation in birds.
(fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
A device for stamping designs.
A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
(slang, figuratively) A tattoo
(slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide
To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
* Dryden
To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
To apply postage stamps to.
(figurative) To mark; to impress.
* John Locke
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In lang=en terms the difference between tread and stamp
is that tread is to copulate; said of (especially male) birds while stamp is to apply postage stamps to.As verbs the difference between tread and stamp
is that tread is to step or walk (on or over something); to trample while stamp is to step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.As nouns the difference between tread and stamp
is that tread is a step while stamp is an act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.tread
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) treden, from (etyl) {{term, tredan, , to tread, step on, trample, traverse, pass over, enter upon, roam through , lang=ang}}, from (etyl) , Norwegian treda.Verb
- He trod back and forth wearily.
- Don't tread on the lawn.
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread .
- ye that stately tread , or lowly creep
- Actors tread the boards.
- to tread''' a path; to '''tread''' land when too light; a well-'''trodden path
- I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.
- They have measured many a mile, / To tread a measure with you on this grass.
- Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
- (Shakespeare)
- (Chaucer)
Usage notes
* "(term)" is not commonly used in the UK and is less common in the US as well. It is apparently used more often in (tread water). * (term) is sometimes used as a past and past participle, especially in the US.Derived terms
* betread * * tread water * untrod * treading on eggshellsUse of expression in delicate situations; be nice
Etymology 2
From the above verb.Noun
(en noun)- She is coming, my own, my sweet; / Were it ever so airy a tread , / My heart would hear her and beat.
- (Shakespeare)
- The steps fell lightly and oddly, with a certain swing, for all they went so slowly; it was different indeed from the heavy creaking tread of Henry Jekyll. Utterson sighed. "Is there never anything else?" he asked.
- But when, after a singularly heavy tread and the jingle of spurs on the platform, the door flew open to the newcomer, he seemed a realization of our worst expectations.
Synonyms
* (horizontal part of a step) runAntonyms
* (horizontal part of a step) rise, riserDerived terms
*See also
* (wikipedia)Anagrams
*References
stamp
English
Noun
(en noun)- The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
- Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
- My passport has quite a collection of stamps .
- She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps .
- These stamps have a Christmas theme.
- I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
- Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here .
Synonyms
* (act of stamping ): * (indentation or imprint made by stamping ): * (device for stamping designs ): * (paper used to indicate payment has been paid ): postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stampDerived terms
* rubber stamp * timestampVerb
(en verb)- The toddler screamed and stamped , but still got no candy.
- The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
- He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
- (Shakespeare)
- This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
- This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
- The immigration officer stamped my passport.
- I forgot to stamp this letter.
- God has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
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