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What is the difference between step on something and tread on something ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between step on something and tread on something ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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@2tro They are synonyms. They mean the same thing. To step on something is more common in daily language (nobody would say “Ah, I trod on dog poop!”, they would say “I stepped on dog poop!”). From my experience, tread is reserved for poems or for historical texts. For example: the Gadsden flag shows a rattle snake with the phrase “Don’t tread on me.”
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