Shoe vs. Vamp — What's the Difference?

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration and fashion.

The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.

A durable covering for the human foot, made of leather or similar material with a rigid sole and heel, usually extending no higher than the ankle.

Something patched up or refurbished.

A horseshoe.

Something rehashed, as a book based on old material.

A strip of metal fitted onto the bottom of a sled runner.

(Music) One or more bars of music repeated indefinitely as an accompaniment.

The base for the supports of the superstructure of a bridge.

A woman who aggressively seduces men, sometimes to exploit or manipulate them.

The ferrule on the end of a cane.

A vampire.

The casing of a pneumatic tire.

To provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.

A device that retards or stops the motion of an object, as the part of a brake that presses against the wheel or drum.

To patch up (something old); refurbish.

The sliding contact plate on an electric train or streetcar that conducts electricity from the third rail.

To put together; fabricate or improvise

A chute, as for conveying grain from a hopper.

To play (a vamp).

(Games) A case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.

To improvise (a melody) over a vamp.

Position; status

To play a vamp.

Plight

To improvise over a vamp.

To furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes.

To seduce or exploit (someone) in the manner of a vamp.

To cover with a wooden or metal guard to protect against wear.

To behave like a vamp.

A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.

A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.

(card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.

Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

(music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.

A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

(by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.

A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.

The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

(informal) A vampire.

(architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.

A volunteer firefighter.

A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

(transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.

An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

(transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.

An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

(transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.

An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

To perform a waiting]] for a soloist to be ready.

(engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.

To attach a vamp (to footwear).

Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).

To travel by foot; to walk.

(historical) An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.

(intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.

The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.

To seduce or exploit someone.

A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.

To turn into a vampire.

To put shoes on one's feet.

To advance; to travel.

To put horseshoes on a horse.

To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; - often followed by up.

To equip an object with a protection against wear.

To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; - usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.

To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.

Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.

The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile.

A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment, consisting of simple chords in sucession.

To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.

A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to exploit them.

To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.

A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material

An improvised musical accompaniment

(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time

Piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe

U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof

Make up;

A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

Piece (something old) with a new part;

Furnish with shoes;

Act seductively with (someone)

Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp;