Difference between Foot and Hoof

What is the difference between Foot and Hoof?

Foot as a verb is to use the foot to kick (usually a ball). while Hoof as a verb is to trample with hooves.

Foot

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). To pay (a bill). To parse into metrical feet.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. Travel by walking. The base or bottom of anything. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. Foot soldiers; infantry. The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads. The bottom edge of a sail. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface. The globular lower domain of a protein. The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.

Example sentence: Really, every day is the perfect day to boss up. Every day that you wake up is a perfect day to boss up. It's all about continuing to put one foot in front of the next. That's what it's about. Whatever you think you're going through, just put one foot in front of the next.

Hoof

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The foot of an animal such as a horse, ox or deer.The human foot.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To trample with hooves.To walk.To dance, especially as a professional.to kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

We hope you now know whether to use Foot or Hoof in your sentence.

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