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base vs foot

foot vs base

base and foot both are nouns.

base is an adjective but foot is not an adjective.

base and foot both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
base Yes Yes Yes No
foot Yes No Yes No
As nouns, base and foot are synonyms defined as:
  • base and foot: lowest support of a structure
Other synonyms of base include foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure.
base (noun) foot (noun)
a support or foundation travel by walking
lowest support of a structure any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
a place that the runner must touch before scoring the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector lowest support of a structure
installation from which a military force initiates operations a support resembling a pedal extremity
a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
the principal ingredient of a mixture an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained the lower part of anything
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
a lower limit a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
the bottom or lowest part
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
the most important or necessary part of something
the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
base (adjective) foot (adjective)
serving as or forming a base
debased; not genuine
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
illegitimate
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
not adhering to ethical or moral principles
base (verb) foot (verb)
use as a basis for; found on add a column of numbers
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes walk
situate as a center of operations pay for something
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