Trample
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the sound of heavy footsteps
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To crush and destroy something by walking on it. To treat someone harshly. To walk heavily and destructively. To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
Example sentence: I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.
Tread
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To step on or over.To beat with one's feet; to trample
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.The bottom of a sneaker or tennis shoe, also used to give it traction.The top of a step on a staircase, also called a run.
Example sentence: I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks.