Track vs. Trace
Difference Between Track and Trace
Tracknoun
A mark left by something that has passed along.
Follow the track of the ship.Can you see any tracks in the snow?Tracenoun
An act of tracing.
Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.Tracknoun
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
The fox tracks were still visible in the snow.Tracenoun
An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
Tracknoun
The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
Tracenoun
A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
Tracknoun
A road or other similar beaten path.
Follow the track for a hundred metres.Tracenoun
A residue of some substance or material.
There are traces of chocolate around your lips.Tracknoun
Physical course; way.
Astronomers predicted the track of the comet.Tracenoun
A very small amount.
All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.Tracknoun
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
The athletes ran round the track.Tracenoun
(electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
Tracknoun
The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
Tracenoun
An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
Tracknoun
(railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.Tracenoun
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
Tracknoun
A tract or area, such as of land.
Tracenoun
(engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
Tracknoun
Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
Tracenoun
(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
Tracknoun
(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)
Tracenoun
(geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
Tracknoun
(automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
Tracenoun
(mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
Tracknoun
(cricket) The pitch.
Tracenoun
(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
Tracknoun
Sound stored on a record.
Traceverb
(transitive) To follow the trail of.
Tracknoun
The physical track on a record.
Traceverb
To follow the history of.
Tracknoun
(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence
My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine".Traceverb
(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.Tracknoun
A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
Traceverb
(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
Tracknoun
The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
I'm going to try out for track next week.Traceverb
To copy; to imitate.
Tracknoun
A session talk on a conference.
Traceverb
To walk; to go; to travel.
Trackverb
To continue observing over time.
Traceverb
To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
Trackverb
(transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
We will track the raven population over the next six months.Traceverb
To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
Trackverb
(transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid.Tracenoun
a just detectable amount;
he speaks French with a trace of an accentTrackverb
(transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
My height tracks my father's at my age, so I might end up as tall as him.Tracenoun
an indication that something has been present;
there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claima tincture of condescensionTrackverb
To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time.Tracenoun
a suggestion of some quality;
there was a touch of sarcasm in his tonehe detected a ghost of a smile on her faceTrackverb
To move.
The hurricane tracked further west than expected.Tracenoun
drawing created by tracing
Trackverb
(transitive) To follow the tracks of.
My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud.Tracenoun
either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
Trackverb
(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object.
I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night.Tracenoun
a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
Trackverb
(transitive) To leave in the form of tracks.
In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.Traceverb
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;
We must follow closely the economic development is Cubatrace the student's progressTrackverb
To create a musical recording (a track).
Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week.''Traceverb
make a mark or lines on a surface;
draw a linetrace the outline of a figure in the sandTrackverb
To create music using tracker software.
Traceverb
to go back over again;
we retraced the route we took last summertrace your pathTracknoun
a line or route along which something travels or moves;
the hurricane demolished houses in its paththe track of an animalthe course of the riverTraceverb
pursue or chase relentlessly;
The hunters traced the deer into the woodsthe detectives hounded the suspect until they found the himTracknoun
evidence pointing to a possible solution;
the police are following a promising leadthe trail led straight to the perpetratorTraceverb
discover traces of;
She traced the circumstances of her birthTracknoun
a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
Traceverb
make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along;
The children traced along the edge of the drak forestThe women traced the pastureTracknoun
a course over which races are run
Traceverb
copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of;
trace a designtrace a patternTracknoun
a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc;
he played the first cut on the cdthe title track of the albumTraceverb
read with difficulty;
Can you decipher this letter?The archeologist traced the hieroglyphsTracknoun
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;
track mud into the houseTrackverb
observe or plot the moving path of something;
track a missileTrackverb
go after with the intent to catch;
The policeman chased the mugger down the alleythe dog chased the rabbitTrackverb
travel across or pass over;
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each dayTrackverb
make tracks upon
