Stamp vs. Tamp — What's the Difference?

Bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground

A tamp is a device used to compact or flatten an aggregate or another powdered or granular material, typically to make it resistant to further compression or simply to increase its density.

Impress a pattern or mark on (a surface, object, or document) using an engraved or inked block or die

To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps.

Fix a postage stamp or stamps on to (a letter)

To pack clay, sand, or dirt into (a drill hole) above an explosive.

Crush or pulverize (ore).

(blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.

An instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes

A small adhesive piece of paper stuck to something to show that an amount of money has been paid, in particular a postage stamp

(transitive) To reduce the intensity of.

An act or sound of stamping with the foot

In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

A block for crushing ore in a stamp mill.

To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

To bring down (the foot) forcibly.

A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

To bring the foot down onto (an object or surface) forcibly.

Press down tightly;

To cause to be dislodged by stomping the feet

To subdue, destroy, or eliminate

To crush or grind with a heavy instrument

To form or cut out by application of a mold, form, or die

To imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal

To impress forcibly or permanently

To affix an adhesive stamp to (an envelope, for example).

To identify, characterize, or reveal

To thrust the foot forcibly downward

To walk with forcible, heavy steps.

The act of stamping.

An implement or device used to impress, cut out, or shape something to which it is applied.

An impression or shape formed by such an implement or device.

An official mark, design, or seal that indicates ownership, approval, completion, or the payment of a tax.

A small piece of gummed paper sold by a government for attachment to an article that is to be mailed; a postage stamp.

A similar piece of gummed paper issued for a specific purpose

An identifying or characterizing mark or impression

Characteristic nature or quality

An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.

A device for stamping designs.

A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.

A tattoo.

(slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.

A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.

Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.

(intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.

(transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.

(transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

(transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.

(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.

To mark; to impress.

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.

To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.

To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.

Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.

To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.

To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.

To strike; to beat; to crush.

To strike the foot forcibly downward.

The act of stamping, as with the foot.

The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.

The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.

That which is marked; a thing stamped.

A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.

An official mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.

A stamped or printed device, usually paper, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.

An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.

A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.

Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.

A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or beating.

A half-penny.

Money, esp. paper money.

A token that postal fees have been paid

The distinctive form in which a thing is made;

A type or class;

A symbol that is the result of printing;

Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

A block or die used to imprint a mark or design

A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

Walk heavily;

To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something;

Reveal clearly as having a certain character;

Affix a stamp to;

Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype;

Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot;

Form or cut out with a mold, form, or die;

Crush or grind with a heavy instrument;

Raise in a relief;