Inch and Step

Inch

Inch noun - A very small distance or degree.
Usage example: give them an inch, and they'll take a mile

Step and inch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step" instead a noun "Inch".

Nearby Word: inched

Step

Step noun - An individual part of a process, series, or ranking.
Usage example: the manual enumerates every step in the procedure for shutting down the assembly line

Inch and step are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inch" instead a noun "Step".

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

Both words in one sentence

  • Cool Guns / Assault Rifles About the only physical difference is a barrel about an inch and a half longer, without the "step" for the front attachment point of the M203.
  • Yet not helpless, coward sir, for approach one step—nay, but the twentieth part of one poor inch—and this poniard shall teach ye what it is to lay unholy hands on old Stephen Trusty's daughter!
  • In another (ETA: "The Zax"), two creatures refuse to step even a single inch to the side to let the other move on; the creatures remain standing, toe-to-toe, for the rest of eternity.
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