different between footfall vs footage

English

Alternative forms

• foot-fall

Etymology

foot +? fall

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?t?f??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?t?f?l/

Noun

footfall (countable and uncountable, plural footfalls)

1. (countable) The sound made by a footstep.
   • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 2, scene 2,

     […] like hedgehogs which

     Lie tumbling in my barefoot way and mount

     Their pricks at my footfall.

   • 1916, Rawindran?th Th?kur, "The Hungry Stones," in The Hungry Stones And Other Stories,

     I heard many footfalls, as if a large number of persons were rushing down the steps.
2. (chiefly Britain, uncountable) Foot (pedestrian) traffic.
   • 2008 December 9, "Bargains galore in battle of the high street," The Scotsman:

     With high-street stores desperate to increase footfall and buck the financial downturn, retailers have started issuing discount vouchers.

References

• “footfall”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

foot (unit of length) +? -age

Pronunciation

• enPR: fo?ot??j, IPA^(key): /?f?t?d??/
• Hyphenation: foot?age

Noun

footage (countable and uncountable, plural footages)

1. (usually uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

   The footage we shot at the riot yesterday got ruined.
2. A measurement in feet.

Derived terms

• file footage
• found footage
• square footage

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