Footprint vs Ill-use - What's the Difference?

Footprint

Ill-use

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
Definition as Verb
Definition as Verb
  • treat badly

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"
  • "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

Parts of Speech

Noun
Verb