Path and Trace

Path

Path noun - A rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps.

Usage example: a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it

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Trace and path are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trace" instead a noun "Path".

Nearby Words: pathway, pathless

Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.

Usage example: the wolf came and went without leaving a trace on the hard, dry ground

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Path and trace are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Path" instead a noun "Trace".

Nearby Words: track, traced, tracing, traceable, tracking

particular	particular path	particular trace
complete	complete path	complete trace
original	original path	original trace
single	single path	single trace
Other adjectives: likely, small, entire, real, easy, possible, final.

It's also the last place her father Richard was seen before he vanished without a trace.The disappearance weighs heavily on Dylan, driving her down a bad path of drugs and robberies.

Source: Series / Open Heart
You can watch the A.I.'s laser sight trace a cone in the perimeter of the enemy's path.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil 5
In a car commercial, a series of mannequins light up in sequence as if to trace the Roof Hopping path of a single figure doing Le Parkour.

Source: Casual High Drop

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