Track vs. Tract

Tracknoun

A mark left by something that has passed along.

Tracknoun

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

Tracknoun

The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

Tracknoun

A road or other similar beaten path.

Tracknoun

Physical course; way.

Tracknoun

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

Tracknoun

The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

Tracknoun

(railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.

Tracknoun

A tract or area, such as of land.

Tracknoun

Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

Tracknoun

(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)

Tracknoun

(automotive) Short for caterpillar track.

Tracknoun

(cricket) The pitch.

Tracknoun

Sound stored on a record.

Tracknoun

The physical track on a record.

Tracknoun

(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence

Tracknoun

A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.

Tracknoun

The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

Tracknoun

A session talk on a conference.

Trackverb

To continue observing over time.

Trackverb

(transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.

Trackverb

(transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.

Trackverb

(transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.

Trackverb

To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.

Trackverb

To move.

Trackverb

(transitive) To follow the tracks of.

Trackverb

(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object.

Trackverb

(transitive) To leave in the form of tracks.

Trackverb

To create a musical recording (a track).

Trackverb

To create music using tracker software.

Tracknoun

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

Tracknoun

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.

Tracknoun

The entire lower surface of the foot; - said of birds, etc.

Tracknoun

A road; a beaten path.

Tracknoun

Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

Tracknoun

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

Tracknoun

The permanent way; the rails.

Tracknoun

A tract or area, as of land.

Trackverb

To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.

Trackverb

To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

Tracknoun

a line or route along which something travels or moves;

Tracknoun

evidence pointing to a possible solution;

Tracknoun

a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

Tracknoun

a course over which races are run

Tracknoun

a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc;

Tracknoun

an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

Tracknoun

(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data

Tracknoun

a groove on a phonograph recording

Tracknoun

a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll

Tracknoun

any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

Tracknoun

the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

Trackverb

carry on the feet and deposit;

Trackverb

observe or plot the moving path of something;

Trackverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Trackverb

travel across or pass over;

Trackverb

make tracks upon

Tractnoun

An area or expanse.

Tractnoun

A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.

Tractnoun

A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.

Tractnoun

A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.

Tractnoun

A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.

Tractnoun

Continued or protracted duration, length, extent

Tractnoun

Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.

Tractnoun

(obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.

Tractnoun

(obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.

Tractnoun

(obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.

Tractnoun

(obsolete) Track; trace.

Tractnoun

(obsolete) Treatment; exposition.

Tractverb

(obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.

Tractverb

(obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

Tractnoun

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

Tractnoun

Something drawn out or extended; expanse.

Tractnoun

A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.

Tractnoun

Traits; features; lineaments.

Tractnoun

The footprint of a wild beast.

Tractnoun

Track; trace.

Tractnoun

Treatment; exposition.

Tractnoun

Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.

Tractnoun

Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.

Tractnoun

Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; - so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.

Tractverb

To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.

Tractnoun

an extended area of land

Tractnoun

a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose

Tractnoun

a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

Tractnoun

a bundle of mylenated nerve fibers following a path through the brain