Footprint vs Footstep - What's the Difference?
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"