Steps vs. Stairs — What's the Difference?

The single complete movement of raising one foot and putting it down in another spot, as in walking.

Stairs, a stairway, a staircase, a stairwell, or a flight of stairs is a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles.

A manner of walking; a particular gait.

Often stairs A series or flight of steps; a staircase.

A fixed rhythm or pace, as in marching

One of a flight of steps.

The sound of a footstep.

Plural of stair

A footprint

A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.

The distance traversed by moving one foot ahead of the other.

A way of access consisting of a set of steps

A very short distance

Steps Course; path

One of a series of rhythmical, patterned movements of the feet used in a dance

A rest for the foot in ascending or descending.

Steps Stairs.

Something, such as a ledge or an offset, that resembles a step of a stairway.

A low platform used for exercise, as in step aerobics.

One of a series of actions, processes, or measures taken to achieve a goal.

A stage in a process

A degree in progress or a grade or rank in a scale

The interval that separates two successive tones of a scale, especially a major second, as between C and D in the scale of C major.

A degree of a scale.

(Nautical) The block in which the heel of a mast is fixed.

To put or press the foot

To shift or move slightly by taking a step or two

To walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified direction

To move with the feet in a particular manner

To move into a new situation by or as if by taking a single step

To treat someone with arrogant indifference

To put or set (the foot) down

To measure by pacing

To furnish with steps; make steps in

(Computers) To cause (a computer) to execute a single instruction.

(Nautical) To place (a mast) in its step.

Plural of step.

A way of access consisting of a set of steps

The course along which a person has walked or is walking in;