Path vs. Trail

Pathnoun

A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.

Pathnoun

A course taken.

Pathnoun

(paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.

Pathnoun

A metaphorical course.

Pathnoun

A method or direction of proceeding.

Pathnoun

(computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL

Pathnoun

(graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).

Pathnoun

(topology) A continuous map f from the unit interval I = [0,1] to a topological space X.

Pathnoun

Pathology.

Pathverb

(transitive) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).

Pathnoun

A trodden way; a footway.

Pathnoun

A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.

Pathverb

To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).

Pathverb

To walk or go.

Pathnoun

a course of conduct;

Pathnoun

a way especially designed for a particular use

Pathnoun

an established line of travel or access

Pathnoun

a line or route along which something travels or moves;

Pathnoun

a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading

Pathnoun

the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving

Pathnoun

a course of action or way of achieving a specified result

Pathnoun

a schedule available for allocation to an individual railway train over a given route.

Pathnoun

a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program.

Pathverb

(chiefly in computing and railway contexts) allocate a path.

Trailverb

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

Trailverb

(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

Trailverb

(transitive) To leave (a trail of).

Trailverb

(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

Trailverb

To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

Trailverb

(military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Trailverb

To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.

Trailverb

(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

Trailnoun

The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.

Trailnoun

A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

Trailnoun

A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.

Trailnoun

(graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

Trailverb

To hunt by the track; to track.

Trailverb

To draw or drag, as along the ground.

Trailverb

To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Trailverb

To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.

Trailverb

To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

Trailverb

To be drawn out in length; to follow after.

Trailverb

To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.

Trailnoun

A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.

Trailnoun

A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.

Trailnoun

A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.

Trailnoun

The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; - applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

Trailnoun

That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.

Trailnoun

The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.

Trailnoun

a track or mark left by something that has passed;

Trailnoun

a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

Trailnoun

evidence pointing to a possible solution;

Trailverb

to lag or linger behind;

Trailverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Trailverb

move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly;

Trailverb

hang down so as to drag along the ground;

Trailverb

drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground;

Trail

A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, path or footpath is the preferred term for a walking trail.