What's the difference between misstep and trip?

Misstep


Definition:

  • (n.) A wrong step; an error of conduct.
  • (v. i.) To take a wrong step; to go astray.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Scotland welcomes 1,000th Syrian refugee Read more Scotland, and Glasgow in particular, has a long recent history of resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers, although among the many success stories there have been some notable missteps.
  • (2) It’s a sweet, tender, funny reintroduction to a classic character, and after a few recent PR missteps by Archie Comics – which cranked up Kickstarter campaigns to quickly relaunch other modernised versions of some of its classic titles, before abandoning the idea after complaints from fans and industry professionals – looks like a solid launchpad for its 75th-anniversary celebrations.
  • (3) The perceived missteps by the authorities have stoked concerns Beijing might lose its grip on economic policy, too, even as China looks set to post its slowest growth in 25 years.
  • (4) Also, the Kings were able to force key turnovers, none more important than Girardi's misstep that led to the winning goal from Justin Williams - the Rangers simply must be more careful with the puck to win.
  • (5) Still, Ali Rezaian said his sister-in-law, who is also a journalist, “lives in constant fear of punishment for any misstep in her daily life”.
  • (6) There is no doubt there have been missteps along the way.
  • (7) One week later, assistant director Ed Lowery suggested leaking embarrassing information about Chaffetz in retaliation for aggressive investigations by the House oversight and government reform committee into a series of agency missteps and scandals, the report said.
  • (8) That is the lesson of Hong Kong, where both the local authorities and Beijing have made misstep after misstep.
  • (9) Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian If US tobacco sales really are set to fall off a cliff, that would be a monumental strategic misstep.
  • (10) Tory missteps and gaffes go ignored and unpunished, where, in the Alastair Campbell era of rapid rebuttal, they would have been seized on ruthlessly.
  • (11) That ill-fated effort was bedeviled with missteps, including a question about climate change clumsily planted with an Iowan college student .
  • (12) But, inevitably, there were missteps – the biggest of which often cited as the show’s lack of diversity.
  • (13) "If I can take what I've learned in this life and make one treacherous relationship or degrading job easier for you, perhaps even prevent you from becoming temporarily vegan, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile," Dunham writes on her website about the book .
  • (14) The politics are very different between these two events but the parallels with this latest Romney misstep are eerie.
  • (15) This analysis is an attempt to retrace the missteps made since 9 August by five key players in the Ferguson crisis: St Louis County prosecuting attorney Bob McCulloch; Governor Jay Nixon of Missouri; Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson; Ferguson mayor James Knowles and St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar.
  • (16) Music ‘Bowed down by the weight of responsibility’: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris as Nelson and Winnie Mandela Overall, this film does an eminently credible job until, in a disastrous misstep, it rolls the credits – and ends with a naff new song by U2.
  • (17) Having done a spot of Googling, I learn that it was also the year that Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls, arguably a misstep in her career which she may now be considering applying to have concealed.
  • (18) Moore and Alexander cautioned strongly against any plan for a Westminster-controlled referendum run by an English Tory government – that would be political poison in Scotland, a misstep capable of transforming minority support for independence into victory for the SNP.
  • (19) Presumably at such a moment it's better to look on the bright side rather than interrogate your own strategic missteps.
  • (20) The campaign will use its "Romney Response" Twitter and Tumblr accounts, and a new web site, Debates.MittRomney.com , to highlight any missteps the president might make and defend against any perceived gaffes on the part of the governor.

Trip


Definition:

  • (n. i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
  • (n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
  • (n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
  • (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
  • (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
  • (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
  • (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
  • (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
  • (v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
  • (n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
  • (n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
  • (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
  • (n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
  • (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
  • (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
  • (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
  • (n.) A troop of men; a host.
  • (n.) A flock of widgeons.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We’ve spoken to them on the phone and they’ve all said they just want to come home.” A total of 93 pupils from Saint-Joseph were on the trip.
  • (2) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
  • (3) Grisham said she and other aides had not been aware of the trip and “appreciate everyone’s understanding”.
  • (4) Not just this trip, there's the constant, negative criticism over the years chipping away.
  • (5) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.
  • (6) Indeed, the geographical nature of the division also keeps a check on the club's carbon footprint – Dartford rarely have to travel far outside the M25, with the trips to Bognor Regis and Margate about as distant as they get.
  • (7) Last week the prosecution dropped a series of allegations that Gail Sheridan, also 46, had lied on her husband's behalf by providing a series of false alibis to cover up his affairs and trips to Cupids.
  • (8) On Saturday I made my second trip to the campsite in Lower Stumble – my first journey was on 28 July.
  • (9) "Over the 70-odd days I was there last time [for the solo trip], I would only think there was less than half a day when all things were good."
  • (10) The trip raised millions for Comic Relief but prompted some uncharitable headlines after it emerged in July that Parfitt had billed the taxpayer £541.83 for "specialist clothing" – and a further £26.20 for the cost of picking it up in a cab.
  • (11) The dismissals were prompted by their participation in a racist orgy during what was supposed to be a goodwill trip to the homeland of the club’s billionaire owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
  • (12) Obama finishes his South African trip on Sunday, when he plans to give a speech on US-Africa policy at the University of Cape Town.
  • (13) A spokesman for the public relations firm Bell Pottinger, which represents Rajapaksa, denied that he had cancelled his trip to the UK last month becuse of fears that he might face an arrest warrant.
  • (14) Not bad, but the time it takes to collect goods is unpaid, as is the trip back to the starting point.
  • (15) Queen's speech: the day ‘psychoactive drugs’ tripped off the royal tongue Read more The first Queen’s speech of the second term should be golden.
  • (16) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
  • (17) Not only did it make every grocery-store run a guilt trip; it made me feel selfish for caring more about birds in the present than about people in the future.
  • (18) She was so exhausted from her trip to London she said she might stay there for 48 hours.
  • (19) There are so many African migrants in Libya wanting to make the dangerous trip to Europe that Tripoli zoo has been turned into a processing centre for them.
  • (20) Undeterred, Madonna, who has never been to Africa before, plans a trip to Malawi with husband Guy Ritchie - who has quietly visited the country earlier in the year.

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