different between footpath vs kerb

English

Etymology

From foot +? path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?t?p???/
• (US, Northern England) IPA^(key): /?f?t?pæ?/

Noun

footpath (plural footpaths)

1. Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
2. (Australia, New Zealand) A paved footpath located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians; a pavement or sidewalk.

Synonyms

• (path for pedestrians): footpad, footway, walkway, platform, pavement, sidewalk

Translations

Further reading

• footpath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• curb (US and Canada)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?b/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??b/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b
• Homophone: curb

Noun

kerb (plural kerbs)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.
2. A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.

Derived terms

• kerb weight
• kerby

Translations

Verb

kerb (third-person singular simple present kerbs, present participle kerbing, simple past and past participle kerbed)

1. (Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.

Anagrams

• Berk, berk, brek

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b/

Noun

kerb f

1. hatred