Step on
Step on verb - Place or press the foot on.
Usage example: He stepped on the hem of her long gown
Tread
Tread verb - To go on foot.
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Synonyms for Tread
Step on and tread are semantically related in trample on topic. You can use "Step on" instead a verb "Tread", if it concerns topics such as walk.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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With Catlike Tread: On "A New Life" if you climb the drainpipe to the left of the house and climb through the window into the birthday boy's room, you step on a squeaky toy.
Source: Video Game / Hitman: Blood Money -
With Catlike Tread: A particular path in the sewers is covered in trash and stray cats which, if you step on them, will awaken angry fishmen in the water.
Source: Video Game / Chrono Trigger
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