Footprint vs Footstep - What's the Difference?

Footprint

Footstep

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
  • the area taken up by some object
  • a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
Definition as Noun
  • the act of taking a step in walking
  • the sound of a step of someone walking
  • the distance covered by a step

Examples

  • "the footprints of an earlier civilization"
  • "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
  • "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
  • "he heard footsteps on the porch"
  • "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

Parts of Speech

Noun
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