Threading vs. Treading
Difference Between Threading and Treading
Threadingnoun
Fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and the weaving of cloth.
Treadingverb
To walk on, over, or along
tread the pavement.Threadingnoun
A piece of such cord.
Treadingverb
To press beneath the feet; trample
dirt that was trodden into the rug.Threadingnoun
A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material.
Treadingverb
To treat unjustly or harshly; oppress
people who were trodden down by tyrants.Threadingnoun
Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament
a thread of smoke.Treadingverb
To form by walking or trampling
tread a path.Threadingnoun
Something that suggests the continuousness of such a strand, cord, or filament
lost the thread of his argument.Treadingverb
To execute by walking or dancing
tread a measure.Threadingnoun
A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt.
Treadingverb
To copulate with. Used of a male bird.
Threadingnoun
A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.
Treadingverb
To go on foot; walk.
Threadingnoun
A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.
Treadingverb
To set down the foot; step.
Threadingnoun
threads(Slang)Clothes.
Treadingverb
To trample something. Used with on or upon
Don't tread on the new grass.Threadingverb
To pass one end of a thread through the eye of (a needle, for example).
Treadingverb
To treat someone or something unjustly or harshly. Used with on or upon
a regime treading upon the rights of the citizens.Threadingverb
To pass (something) through in the manner of a thread
thread the wire through the opening.Treadingverb
To copulate. Used of birds.
Threadingverb
To pass a tape or film into or through (a device)
thread a film projector.Treadingnoun
The act, manner, or sound of treading.
Threadingverb
To pass (a tape or film) into or through a device.
Treadingnoun
An instance of treading; a step.
Threadingverb
To connect by running a thread through; string
thread beads.Treadingnoun
A mark made by treading, as in snow.
Threadingverb
(Sports) To throw or send (a pass) through a heavily defended area to a teammate.
Treadingnoun
The upper horizontal part of a step in a staircase.
Threadingverb
To make one's way cautiously through
threading dark alleys.Treadingnoun
The part of a wheel or tire that makes contact with the road or rails.
Threadingverb
To make (one's way) cautiously through something.
Treadingnoun
The grooved face of a tire.
Threadingverb
To occur here and there throughout; pervade
“More than 90 geologic faults thread the Los Angeles area” (Science News).Treadingnoun
The part of a shoe sole that touches the ground.
Threadingverb
To machine a thread on (a screw, nut, or bolt).
Treadingnoun
Either of the continuous ridged belts with which bulldozers, tanks, and certain other vehicles move over the ground.
Threadingverb
To remove (body hair) by using a looped thread that has been wound tightly in the middle.
Treadingnoun
The act of one who treads.
Threadingverb
To make one's way cautiously
threaded through the shoals and sandbars.Threadingverb
To proceed by a winding course.
Threadingverb
To form a thread when dropped from a spoon, as boiling sugar syrup.
Threadingnoun
The act or process by which something is threaded (in various senses).
Threadingnoun
An ancient Eastern method for removing hair by means of a thread, which is rolled over the hair in order to pluck it out at the follicle level.
