- footfall, footstep, step - the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
--1 is a kind of sound
--1 has particulars: tramp - footstep - the act of taking a step in walking
--2 is a kind of step
- footstep, pace, step, stride - the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
--3 is a kind of indefinite quantity
- footstep, pace, step, stride - the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"