different between stepping vs gait

English

Etymology

From Middle English steppyng; equivalent to step +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?p??/
• Hyphenation: step?ping

Verb

stepping

1. present participle of step

Noun

stepping (plural steppings)

1. The act of taking a step.
   • 2005, Miriandra Rota, Pathways and Parables for a Changing World (page 263)

     In the steppings of my feet, you are always my mother.

2. (computing) A specific iteration of a model of central processing unit, often distinguished by the addition or removal of features compared to earlier examples of the same processor, or the presence, or lack thereof, of specific bugs.

   The 80386's early steppings have quite a lot of bugs, so some software specifically tests to make sure that the processor isn't one of those old versions.

Derived terms

• stepping motor
• stepping stone
• stepping switch

Middle English

Noun

stepping

1. Alternative form of steppyng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t
• Homophone: gate

Etymology 1

From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatw?. Compare gate.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.

2. (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Translations

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. (Britain, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
2. (Britain, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

Anagrams

• Gita, taig

Middle English

Noun

gait

1. (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Old Irish

Etymology

Matasovi? derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ad?/

Noun

gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)

1. verbal noun of gataid: theft

Inflection

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

References

Scots

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. goat
2. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ai?t/

Verb

gait

1. Soft mutation of cait.

Mutation