Staircase vs. Ramp — What's the Difference?

A flight or series of flights of steps and a supporting structure connecting separate levels. Also called stairway.

An inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels.

A flight of stairs; a stairway.

A mobile staircase by which passengers board and leave an aircraft.

A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.

A concave bend of a handrail where a sharp change in level or direction occurs, as at a stair landing.

A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.

A plant (Allium tricoccum) of the eastern United States having small bulbs and young leaves that are edible and have a pungent onionlike flavor. Also called wild leek.

(transitive) To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps.

To rush around or act in a threatening or violent manner.

(real estate) To increase one's share in a co-ownership.

To assume a threatening stance, as in rearing up on hindlegs.

A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.

(Heraldry) To stand in the rampant position.

A way of access consisting of a set of steps

An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.

An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.

(aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.

(aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron).

(aviation) A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.

(skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.

A scale of values.

A speed bump. en

(slang) An act of violent robbery.

A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.

(obsolete) A leap or bound.

A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.

An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.

(Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman.

A worthless person.

To behave violently; to rage.

To rob violently.

To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.

To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.

To climb, like a plant; to creep up.

To stand in a rampant position.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.

To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.

To climb, as a plant; to creep up.

A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.

A highwayman; a robber.

A romping woman; a prostitute.

Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.

An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.

An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another

North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers

A movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft

Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

Furnish with a ramp;

Be rampant;

Creep up -- used especially of plants;

Stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing