The difference between Run and Tread
When used as nouns, run means act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet, whereas tread means a step.
When used as verbs, run means to move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot, whereas tread means to step or walk (on or over something).
Run is also adjective with the meaning: in a liquid state.
check bellow for the other definitions of Run and Tread
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Run as a verb (intransitive):
To move swiftly. To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. To go at a fast pace, to move quickly. To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly. To compete in a race. Of fish, to migrate for spawning. To carry a football down the field. To achieve or perform by running or as if by running. To flee from a danger or towards help. To go through without stopping, usually illegally. To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
Examples:
"'Run, Sarah, run!"
"The horse ran the length of the track.  nowrap I have been running all over the building looking for him.  nowrap Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire."
"Every day I run my dog across the field and back.  I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.  Run your fingers through my hair.  Can you run these data through the program for me and tell me whether it gives an error?"
"The horse will run the Preakness next year.  nowrap I'm not ready to run a marathon."
"The horse ran a great race."
"Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.  nowrap When he's broke, he runs to me for money."
"'run a red light or stop sign;  run a blockade"
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Run as a verb (fluids):
To flow. To move or spread quickly. Of a liquid, to flow. Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it. To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object. To become liquid; to melt. To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint). To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
Examples:
"There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.  nowrap The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten."
"The river runs through the forest.  nowrap There's blood running down your leg."
"Your nose is running.  nowrap Why is the hose still running?  nowrap My cup runneth over."
"You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.  nowrap Run the tap until the water gets hot."
"He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink."
"to run bullets"
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Run as a verb (nautical, of a vessel):
To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
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Run as a verb (social):
To carry out an activity. To control or manage, be in charge of. To be a candidate in an election. To make run in a race or an election. To exert continuous activity; to proceed. To be presented in one of the media. To print or broadcast in the media. To transport someone or something. To smuggle illegal goods. To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Examples:
"My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.  nowrap She runs the fundraising.  nowrap My parents think they run my life.  nowrap He is running an expensive campaign."
"I have decided to run for governor of California.  nowrap We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year."
"He ran his best horse in the Derby.  nowrap The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election."
"to run through life;  to run in a circle"
"The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.  nowrap The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.  nowrap Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper."
"'run a story;  run an ad"
"Could you run me over to the store?  nowrap Please run this report upstairs to director's office."
"to run guns;  to run rum"
"Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again."
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Run as a verb (intransitive):
To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time. To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase). To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase). To make something extend in space. Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally. To make a machine operate.
Examples:
"The border runs for 3000 miles.  nowrap The leash runs along a wire.  nowrap The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.  nowrap It ran in quality from excellent to substandard."
"The sale will run for ten days.  nowrap The contract runs through 2008.  nowrap The meeting ran late.  nowrap The book runs 655 pages.  nowrap The speech runs as follows: …"
"I need to run this wire along the wall."
"My car stopped running.  nowrap That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.  nowrap Buses don't run here on Sunday."
"It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.  nowrap Don't run the engine so fast."
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Run as a verb (transitive):
To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
Examples:
"They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.  nowrap Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.  nowrap I will run the sample.  nowrap Don't run that software unless you have permission.  nowrap My computer is too old to run the new OS."
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Run as a verb:
To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
Examples:
"to run from one subject to another"
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Run as a verb (copulative):
To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Examples:
"Our supplies are running low.  nowrap They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt."
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Run as a verb (transitive):
To cost a large amount of money.
Examples:
"Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.  nowrap Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece."
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Run as a verb (intransitive):
Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
Examples:
"My stocking is running."
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Run as a verb:
To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
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Run as a verb:
To cause to enter; to thrust.
Examples:
"to run a sword into or through the body;  to run a nail into one's foot"
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Run as a verb:
To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
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Run as a verb:
To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
Examples:
"to run a line"
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Run as a verb:
To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
Examples:
"to run the risk of losing one's life"
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Run as a verb:
To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
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Run as a verb:
To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
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Run as a verb:
To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
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Run as a verb:
To control or have precedence in a card game.
Examples:
"Every three or four hands he would run the table."
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Run as a verb:
To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
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Run as a verb (archaic):
To be popularly known; to be generally received.
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Run as a verb:
To have growth or development.
Examples:
"Boys and girls run up rapidly."
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Run as a verb:
To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
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Run as a verb:
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Examples:
"Certain covenants run with the land."
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Run as a verb (golf):
To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
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Run as a verb:
To .
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Run as a verb:
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Run as a noun:
Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
Examples:
"I just got back from my morning run."
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Run as a noun:
Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) ; dash or errand, trip.
Examples:
"I need to make a run to the store."
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Run as a noun:
A pleasure trip.
Examples:
"Let's go for a run in the car."
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Run as a noun:
Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
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Run as a noun:
Migration .
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Run as a noun:
A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
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Run as a noun (skiing, bobsledding):
A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
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Run as a noun:
A (regular) trip or route.
Examples:
"The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded."
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Run as a noun:
The route taken while running or skiing.
Examples:
"Which run did you do today?"
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Run as a noun:
The distance sailed by a ship.
Examples:
"a good run; a run of fifty miles"
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Run as a noun:
A voyage.
Examples:
"a run to China"
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Run as a noun:
An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
Examples:
"He set up a rabbit run."
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Run as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):
Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
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Run as a noun:
State of being current; currency; popularity.
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Run as a noun:
A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend. A series of tries in a game that were successful.
Examples:
"I’m having a run of bad luck."
"He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run."
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Run as a noun (card games):
A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
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Run as a noun (music):
A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
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Run as a noun:
A trial.
Examples:
"The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment."
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Run as a noun:
A flow of liquid; a leak.
Examples:
"The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me."
"a run of must in wine-making"
"the first run of sap in a maple orchard"
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Run as a noun (chiefly, eastern, _, North Midland US, especially, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia):
A small creek or part thereof.
Examples:
"The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run"."
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Run as a noun:
A production quantity (such as in a factory).
Examples:
"Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units."
"The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies."
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Run as a noun:
The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
Examples:
"The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night."
"It is the last week of our French cinema run."
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Run as a noun (of horses):
A quick pace, faster than a walk. A fast gallop.
Examples:
"He broke into a run."
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Run as a noun:
A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
Examples:
"Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings."
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Run as a noun:
Any sudden large demand for something.
Examples:
"There was a run on Christmas presents."
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Run as a noun:
The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
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Run as a noun:
The horizontal length of a set of stairs
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Run as a noun:
A standard or unexceptional group or category.
Examples:
"He stood out from the usual run of applicants."
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Run as a noun (baseball):
The act of a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate; the point scored for this.
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Run as a noun (cricket):
The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
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Run as a noun (American football):
A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
Examples:
"... ''one of the greatest runs of all time."
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Run as a noun:
A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
Examples:
"I have a run in my stocking."
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Run as a noun (nautical):
The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
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Run as a noun (construction):
Horizontal dimension of a slope.
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Run as a noun (mining):
The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
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Run as a noun:
A pair or set of millstones.
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Run as a noun (maths, computing):
The execution of a program or model
Examples:
"This morning's run of the SHIPS statistical model gave Hurricane Priscilla a 74% chance of gaining at least 30 knots of intensity in 24 hours, reconfirmed by the HMON and GFS dynamical models."
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Run as a noun (video games):
A playthrough.
Examples:
"This was my first successful run without losing any health."
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Run as a noun (slang):
A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
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Run as a noun (golf):
The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
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Run as a noun (golf):
The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
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Run as a noun:
An attempt at a game, especially a .
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Run as a noun:
Unrestricted use. .
Examples:
"He can have the run of the house."
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Run as an adjective:
In a liquid state; melted or molten.
Examples:
"Put some run butter on the vegetables."
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Run as an adjective:
Cast in a mould.
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Run as an adjective:
Exhausted; depleted .
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Run as an adjective (of a, fish):
Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
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Tread as a verb (intransitive):
To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
Examples:
"He trod back and forth wearily."
"Don't tread on the lawn."
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Tread as a verb (transitive):
To step or walk upon.
Examples:
"Actors tread the boards."
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Tread as a verb:
To beat or press with the feet.
Examples:
"to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path"
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Tread as a verb:
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
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Tread as a verb:
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
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Tread as a verb (intransitive):
To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Tread as a verb (transitive, of a male bird):
To copulate with.
Examples:
"rfquotek Chaucer"
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Tread as a noun:
A step.
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Tread as a noun:
A manner of stepping.
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Tread as a noun (obsolete):
A way; a track or path.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Tread as a noun:
The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
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Tread as a noun:
The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
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Tread as a noun:
The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
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Tread as a noun:
The sound made when someone or something is walking.
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Tread as a noun (biology):
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
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Tread as a noun:
The act of copulation in birds.
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Tread as a noun (fortification):
The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
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Tread as a noun:
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.