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Shoeprint vs. Footprint — What's the Difference?

Shoeprint vs. Footprint — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Shoeprint and Footprint

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Shoeprint

The impression (footprint) left by a shoe

Footprint

Footprints are the impressions or images left behind by a person walking or running. Hoofprints and pawprints are those left by animals with hooves or paws rather than feet, while "shoeprints" is the specific term for prints made by shoes.

Footprint

An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. Also called footmark, footstep.

Footprint

The surface space occupied by a structure or device
The footprint of a building.

Footprint

The impact that a particular activity, person, or group has on the environment.
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Footprint

See carbon footprint.

Footprint

The area affected or covered by a device or phenomenon
The footprint of a communications satellite.

Footprint

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

Footprint

Space required by a piece of equipment.
This computer has a smaller footprint.

Footprint

(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.

Footprint

(computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.

Footprint

(figurative) Profession or lifestyle.
He is following in his father's footprints.

Footprint

The surface space occupied by a structure.
The footprint of a building

Footprint

A company's geographic market presence.
The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.

Footprint

(ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
My carbon footprint is very high.

Footprint

Availability of a satellite from the ground.

Footprint

(cartography) A polygon representing the shape of an item.
Building footprint

Footprint

The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

Footprint

A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface;
The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window

Footprint

A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important;
The footprints of an earlier civilization

Footprint

The area taken up by some object;
The computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches

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