What's the difference between stomp and stride?

Stomp


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To stamp with the foot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nearest to Camburi and swimming distance from Praia Preta (Black Beach), this discerning, four-suite luxury home in Barra do Sahy is overseen by a Texan, who has stomped her Big-Oil-Meets-Brazil footprint all over it.
  • (2) I’m not sure that France or Italy would be our stomping ground, but I wouldn’t mind giving it a go.
  • (3) Images of her being dragged and stomped on - her black abaya cloak torn open to reveal her naked torso and blue bra - became a rallying symbol for the revolution and undermined the interim military rulers who held power between Mubarak's fall and Morsi's rise.
  • (4) The documentary moves beyond the charity's work to show British expatriates in Kenya; one stompingly posh woman remarks they have "a wildly gay time" there, and she feels that "even in their poverty, [the Kenyan people] are basically happy".
  • (5) She's like a bull stomping its hooves before a charge.
  • (6) One undercover officer, Peter Francis , who infiltrated anti-racist groups for four years, has described how he felt as if he was “stomping on the grave” of the four-year-old boy whose identity he used .
  • (7) In 2007 he was a convincing lead in Puppet Rapist , a five-part mock-cop show also scripted by Ford, which shares thematic stomping ground with Robot & Frank.
  • (8) Since Scott’s death it has also emerged that the second officer on the scene, Clarence Habersham – an African American – is the subject of a separate lawsuit in which the complainant states he was stomped in the face while handcuffed by a group of officers .
  • (9) The fight ends with you stomping the last remaining vitality from the hapless construction worker's blood-squirting body.
  • (10) The models' hair was styled into outsize saucers, their lashes and brows powdered white; they wore Black Watch tartan and scowled as they stomped.
  • (11) One component of precopulatory behavior (foot stomping) was not affected by EB.
  • (12) A very sharp-suited Alex Turner and band stomp through Do I Wanna Know?.
  • (13) Wilson described Brown as a “demon” – as an “it” – as a monstrous creature, stomping and huffing, and building up momentum for a final assault, like the Incredible Hulk – all comic-book id and no superego.
  • (14) Teachers demonstrated this by sending the wrapped present around and having each student stomp on it.
  • (15) "You'd get stomped while you were trying to figure out which setting to use," he concludes.
  • (16) Watching X Factor stars dodge foul-smelling flying objects Last year, Cher Lloyd got a soaking thanks to some airborne bottles of urine and stomped off after only two songs.
  • (17) Newspaper cartoonists made hay with the idea of Bill stomping all over his wife’s campaign.
  • (18) Pussy Riot are feted by the British establishment, but what would happen if a female punk band was prosecuted for stomping on the altar steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, singing abuse of the Queen?
  • (19) Back in Budapest, watching Charli and her all-girl band on stage, it's easy to see the appeal: live, she is a force, years of arena support slots whirled into a show full of wild mane-flicking, stomping, impressive back bends and tongue-waggling.
  • (20) Gerbils with either large anterior or posterior lesions were compared with normal gerbils by administering a battery of tests of rodent behaviours such as grooming, eating, social interaction, ventral marking and foot-stomping.

Stride


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
  • (v. t.) To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
  • (v. t.) To pass over at a step; to step over.
  • (v. t.) To straddle; to bestride.
  • (n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) step lengths, stride times, double-support times, cadence and walking speed.
  • (2) The statistics underline the significant strides being taken by the industry to meet a government drive to reduce Britain's carbon emissions, although the scale of renewable energy subsidies remains controversial.
  • (3) Since the war, huge strides have been made in Sierra Leone.
  • (4) He said the generations of Americans had made significant strides toward rance tolerance, but added: "It doesn't mean we're in a post-racial society.
  • (5) Biomechanical analysis of the crosscountry techniques has developed from rather simple 2-dimensional kinematic descriptions of diagonal stride to complex measurement of skating forces and 3-dimensional motion.
  • (6) However, in the past five years great strides have been made in the use of electronics and computers to assist in the performance of routine tasks for the detection and diagnosis of periodontal diseases.
  • (7) Any national, state, or local efforts to design and develop new CPS training programs should take into account the significant strides made by these agencies.
  • (8) Cadbury became the world's largest confectionery company in 2003 after buying up a number of gum brands, including Trident and Stride, but ceded the number one spot to Mars when it took over gum maker Wrigley last year.
  • (9) Most countries have made notable strides in improving and expanding the cold chain, although cold chain failures have been identified through investigation of vaccine failures.
  • (10) From these results, it is evident that the profession has made significant strides in building a strong scientific data base to support the value of its clinical services.
  • (11) Over the last year, important strides were made in improving bioprocess monitoring using NADH fluorescence, viscosity, affinity techniques, enzyme and microbial sensors, calorimetry, flow injection analysis and bioluminescence.
  • (12) For both males and females stride length decreased, stride rate increased, and the period of non-support was also significantly less when running on a treadmill as compared to running overground.
  • (13) These results suggest that stride frequency affects ventilation to varying degrees dependent upon the subject population and that the mechanisms for the hyperpnea of moderate exercise operating in each of these subject populations involve a complex interaction of many factors.
  • (14) Papua New Guinea has made significant strides towards establishing a capacity in health systems research.
  • (15) Despite that, this area of retinal pharmacology has made significant strides and, although it is a story without an ending, it has had an exciting beginning.
  • (16) Mind you, many more passes like that, and there may not be, for De Vrij picks up the loose ball, strides forward, and batters a shot from distance wide right of goal.
  • (17) The kinematic analysis revealed non-significant results for hip, knee and ankle joint angles at touchdown for the various stride rates.
  • (18) Maximum horizontal velocities were usually attained at takeoff into the third- or second-last stride and not exclusively during the second-last stride, as previously reported.
  • (19) Normal pediatric kinematics and kinetics are provided with literature references for phasic electromyography and temporal and stride variables.
  • (20) I was looking for poise, confidence, striding it out rather than against the watch.