The difference between Hike and Tramp
When used as nouns, hike means a long walk, whereas tramp means a homeless person.
When used as verbs, hike means to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise, whereas tramp means to walk with heavy footsteps.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hike and Tramp
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Hike as a noun:
A long walk.
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Hike as a noun:
An abrupt increase.
Examples:
"The tenants were not happy with the rent hike."
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Hike as a noun (American football):
The snap of the ball to start a play.
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Hike as a noun:
A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher
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Hike as a verb:
To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
Examples:
"Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow."
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Hike as a verb:
To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
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Hike as a verb (American football):
To snap the ball to start a play.
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Hike as a verb (nautical):
To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
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Hike as a verb:
To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
Examples:
"She hiked her skirt up."
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Tramp as a noun (sometimes, pejorative):
A homeless person; a vagabond.
Examples:
"synonyms: bum hobo vagabond"
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Tramp as a noun (pejorative):
A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
Examples:
"I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp."
"Claudia is such a tramp; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend."
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Tramp as a noun:
Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
Examples:
"see [[Wikipedia:tramp steamer]]"
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Tramp as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):
A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
Examples:
"synonyms: bushwalk hike ramble trek"
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Tramp as a noun:
, especially a very small one.
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Tramp as a noun:
Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted
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Tramp as a verb:
To walk with heavy footsteps.
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Tramp as a verb:
To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
Examples:
"We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again."
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Tramp as a verb:
To hitchhike.
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Tramp as a verb (transitive):
To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
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Tramp as a verb (transitive):
To travel or wander through.
Examples:
"to tramp the country"
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Tramp as a verb (transitive, Scotland):
To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jamieson"