Trod vs Stamped - What's the difference?
trod | stamped |
To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread
* 1813 , The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803
*:Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason
* 1833 , Timothy Flint, The history and geography of the Mississippi Valley
* 1866 , Fanny Fisher, Ainsworth's heir
*:They bore him to his chamber, where he lay all pale and tearless, like some broken reed, Some helpless shrub, all crushed and trodded down
* 1895 , Uchimura Kanzo, The Diary of a Japanese Convert
*:Yet alas! I see around me the trodding of the same old paths, each trying to excel the other how to ape the good old ministers who were "very much liked by their parishioners."
* 1962 , American Motorcyclist , February, page 16
*:Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 23, author=Matt Weiland, title=Walker in the City, work=New York Times
, passage=Happily, he writes the way he walks: at a vigorous lope, both attentive to the varied soils of the ground he trods and curious about the dust and dandelions over the next hill. }}
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 18, author=Sonia Day, title=Nip that gardening zeal in the bud, work=Toronto Star
, passage=And avoid trodding on the inevitably wet soil around the base of the shrubs as you work. }}
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(stamp)
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
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 18
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
, work=BBC Sport
As verbs the difference between trod and stamped
is that trod is simple past of tread while stamped is past tense of stamp.trod
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Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Verb
(trodd)- It renders the paths, and the banks of the bayous in that region almost impassable in autumn, until the cattle have trodded it down.
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stamped
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *stamp
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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.
citation, page= , passage=England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.}}