The difference between Path and Trail
When used as nouns, path means a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians, 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, path means to make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone), whereas trail means to follow behind (someone or something).
check bellow for the other definitions of Path and Trail
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Path as a noun:
A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
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Path as a noun:
A course taken.
Examples:
"the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm"
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Path as a noun (paganism):
A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
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Path as a noun:
A metaphorical course.
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Path as a noun:
A method or direction of proceeding.
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Path as a noun (computing):
A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL
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Path as a noun (graph theory):
A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
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Path as a noun (topology):
A continuous map f from the unit interval I = [0,1] to a topological space X.
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Path as a verb (transitive):
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
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Path as a noun (medicine, abbreviation):
Pathology.
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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.