Walk vs Parade - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between walk and parade

is that walk is (lb) to move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times compare while parade is .

As a noun walk

is a trip made by walking.

walk

English

(walk)

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare .

*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging.His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

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To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

Of an object, to be stolen.

To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.

(lb) To travel (a distance) by walking.

*:Athelstan Arundel walked' home all the way, foaming and raging.His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. He ' walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

(lb) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I will rather trusta thief to walk my ambling gelding.

To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

(lb) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

(lb) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.

(lb) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

To leave, resign.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:He will make their cows and garrans to walk .

(lb) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.

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*:The county had a successful defense only because the judge kept telling the jury at every chance that the cyclist should have walked his bicycle like a pedestrian.

To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.

*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)

*:We walk' perversely with God, and he will ' walk crookedly toward us.

To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.

*(Hugh Latimer) (c.1485-1555)

*:I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth.

(lb) To be in motion; to act; to move.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:Her tongue did walk in foul reproach.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead / May walk again.

*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)

*:Do you think I'd walk in any plot?

Conjugation

(en-conj-simple)

Synonyms

* (move upon two feet) - See also * be acquitted, get off, go free * (be stolen) be/get stolen; (British) be/get nicked, be/get pinched * (beat cloth) full, waulk (obsolete)

Derived terms

* walkathon * walker * Walker * walkies * walk away from * walk away with * walk in * walk in circles * walk into * walk it * walk it off * walk like an Egyptian * walk off * walk off with * walk on * walk on the wild side * walk out * walk over * walk through * walkie-talkie * walkman * Walkman * walkover * walk tall * walk the beat * walk the walk

Noun

(en noun)

A trip made by walking.

I take a walk every morning

A distance walked.

It’s a long walk from my house to the library

(sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.

A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year

A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail .

(baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone

Synonyms

* (trip made by walking) stroll (slow walk), hike (long walk), trek (long walk) * (distance walked) hike (if long), trek (if long) * (manner of walking) gait * (path) footpath, path, (British) pavement, (US) sidewalk

Derived terms

* cakewalk * catwalk * farmer's walk * intentional walk * perp walk * race walk * random walk * sidewalk * space walk / spacewalk * sponsored walk * walk in the park * walk in the snow * walk on the wild side * walk policy * whistle walk

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parade

English

(wikipedia parade)

Noun

(en noun)

An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd.

The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.

Any succession, series, or display of items.

The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.

a parade of shops

A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other.

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.

* Jonathan Swift

Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade .

(Gallicism) Posture of defense; guard.

* John Locke

when they are not in parade , and upon their guard

A public walk; a promenade; now used in street names.

He was parked on Chester Parade .

Derived terms

* hit parade * military parade * victory parade * pride parade * techno parade * parade of horribles * ticker tape parade * rain on someone's parade

Verb

(parad)

To march or to display.

They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline.

To display or show; to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.

They paraded dozens of fashions past the crowd.

Parading all her sensibility. Byron.

To march past.

After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.

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