stairs or steps help me im confuzzeld
2006-12-19 04:09:43 · 21 answers · asked by ilovechocolate 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A stair is the actual thing that you climb up, a step is the movement you make whilst you are climbing the stair.
2006-12-19 04:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by Nutty Nikki 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2006-12-19 04:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually when there are only a few, people call them "steps" and when there are more than several, they call them "stairs" unless you're talking about "The Spanish Steps", which are lots of steps, but since they were named that by the English a long time ago, before lots of stairs were in existence, they called them steps. Stairs are more modern invention, going along with multi leveled buildings, whereas steps have been around for a long time, ever since the first huts flooded when it rained and someone figured out to build the huts higher up "so we can step up into them" as water flows downwards, not up.
2006-12-19 04:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Obvious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stairs is an old english word which means continuous, more than ten, steps are usually just a few, ten being the maximum amount. steps are meant to help you get only 1 - 3 ft. higher, while stairs can take you up a level of as much as 25 ft. sometimes more, sometimes alot more... but in a home usually no more than 25 ft.
2006-12-19 04:18:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A flight of stairs is made up of individual steps, hence the saying...one step at a time?
2006-12-19 04:15:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stairs: A series of steps for passing from one level to another
Steps: Rests for the foot for ascending or descending
2006-12-22 17:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by little-dot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same thing its how you use the words "hence stairs are internal , steps external." you go up the stairs to bed (not the steps) you run up the steps in a park (not the stairs)
2006-12-19 04:19:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stairs are made of steps
2006-12-19 04:11:54 · answer #8 · answered by Jenna 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
stairs are stairs you can walk up and down them. Steps however where a really cheesy boy/girl band who sang a few songs and then disappeared, thankfully
2006-12-21 16:20:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Steps" are the individual level flat spots that make up the "stairs." "Stair" refers to a series of "steps." If you use the word "staircase," you are referring to the series of steps as well as all of the handrails and supporting framework.
2006-12-19 04:20:00 · answer #10 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋