The difference between Follow and Trail
When used as nouns, follow means in billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it, whereas trail means the track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
When used as verbs, follow means to go after, whereas trail means to follow behind (someone or something).
check bellow for the other definitions of Follow and Trail
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
Examples:
"'Follow that car!"
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To go or come after in a sequence.
Examples:
"B follows A in the alphabet."
"We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
Examples:
"'Follow these instructions to the letter."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To understand, to pay attention to.
Examples:
"Do you follow me?"
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
Examples:
"I followed the incumbent throughout the election."
"My friends don't regularly follow the news."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To be a logical consequence of.
Examples:
"It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
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Follow as a noun (sometimes, attributive):
In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
Examples:
"a follow shot"
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Follow as a noun (internet):
The act of following another user's online activity.
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Trail as a verb (transitive):
To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
Examples:
"The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods."
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Trail as a verb (transitive):
To drag (something) behind on the ground.
Examples:
"You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that."
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Trail as a verb (transitive):
To leave (a trail of).
Examples:
"He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place."
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Trail as a verb (transitive):
To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
Examples:
"His new film was trailed on TV last night."
"There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement."
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Trail as a verb:
To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
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Trail as a verb (military):
To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
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Trail as a verb:
To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
Examples:
"rfquotek Longfellow"
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Trail as a verb (dated):
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
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Trail as a noun:
The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
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Trail as a noun:
A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
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Trail as a noun:
A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
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Trail as a noun (graph theory):
A walk in which all the edges are distinct.