The difference between Sidewalk and Walk

When used as nouns, sidewalk means a footpath, usually paved, at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians, whereas walk means a trip made by walking.

Walk is also verb with the meaning: to move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. compare run.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sidewalk and Walk

  1. Sidewalk as a noun (US):

    a footpath, usually paved, at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians; a pavement or footpath

  2. Sidewalk as a noun (US, by extension):

    any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road

  1. Walk as a verb (intransitive):

    To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

    Examples:

    "To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit."

  2. Walk as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, legal):

    To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

    Examples:

    "If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk."

  3. Walk as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic):

    Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.

    Examples:

    "If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk."

  4. Walk as a verb (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman):

    To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.

  5. Walk as a verb (transitive):

    To travel (a distance) by walking.

    Examples:

    "I walk two miles to school every day.  The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it."

  6. Walk as a verb (transitive):

    To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

    Examples:

    "I walk the dog every morning.  Will you walk me home?"

  7. Walk as a verb (transitive, baseball):

    To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

  8. Walk as a verb (transitive):

    To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

    Examples:

    "I carefully walked the ladder along the wall."

  9. Walk as a verb (transitive):

    To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.

  10. Walk as a verb (transitive):

    To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

    Examples:

    "I walked the streets aimlessly. Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap."

  11. Walk as a verb (transitive, aviation):

    To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.

  12. Walk as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

    To leave, resign.

    Examples:

    "If we don't offer him more money he'll walk."

  13. Walk as a verb (transitive):

    To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.

  14. Walk as a verb:

    To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.

  15. Walk as a verb:

    To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.

  16. Walk as a verb (obsolete):

    To be in motion; to act; to move.

  17. Walk as a verb (transitive, historical):

    To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.

  18. Walk as a verb (transitive, informal, hotel):

    To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.

  1. Walk as a noun:

    A trip made by walking.

    Examples:

    "I take a walk every morning"

  2. Walk as a noun:

    A distance walked.

    Examples:

    "It’s a long walk from my house to the library"

  3. Walk as a noun (sports):

    An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.

  4. Walk as a noun:

    A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

    Examples:

    "The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year"

  5. Walk as a noun:

    A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.

  6. Walk as a noun (poker):

    A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.

  7. Walk as a noun (baseball):

    An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

    Examples:

    "The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone"

  8. Walk as a noun:

    In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.

  9. Walk as a noun (Caribbean, Guyana, Belize):

    An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.

  10. Walk as a noun (historical):

    A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.

  11. Walk as a noun (historical):

    An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.

  12. Walk as a noun (graph theory):

    A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.

  13. Walk as a noun (colloquial):

    Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.

  14. Walk as a noun (UK, finance, slang, dated):

    A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).

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