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sidewalk vs pavement

Both 'sidewalk' and 'pavement' are correct terms used to refer to a pedestrian walkway along the side of a road. The choice between the two may depend on regional differences in English usage.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 1464 views

sidewalk

This is a correct term used in American English to refer to a pedestrian walkway along the side of a road.

It is commonly used in American English to describe the path for pedestrians next to a road or street.

Examples:

  • She walked along the sidewalk to get to the store.
  • The children were playing hopscotch on the sidewalk.
  • You worked that sidewalk like a Milan runway.
  • This is more of a sidewalk nuisance than a parade.
  • I'm trying to drum up some sidewalk sales to get over the top.
  • You tap into every sidewalk, traffic and mass transit video feed.
  • It's my legal right to stand here on this sidewalk.
  • I tripped over an uneven sidewalk.
  • Who left you with your clothes ripped, freezing on a sidewalk.
  • It's a sidewalk, not a grave.
  • Metro Police just found her car on a sidewalk in Georgetown.
  • That's right, gallery-quality paintings at sidewalk prices.
  • Stepped off a sidewalk, got hit by a bus.
  • Curtis is laying lower than a sidewalk right now.
  • So at least you could leave her your sidewalk section.
  • There's a sidewalk built directly on top of it.
  • If you're crossing the street, you have sidewalk cutouts.
  • America's on the other end of that sidewalk.
  • See if they can tell us something about this section of sidewalk.
  • This way, I get to tell her my sidewalk joke.
  • He's like a little, fragile flower growing through a crack in a sidewalk.
  • If you're lyin', you'll be picking your intestines up Off this sidewalk.

Alternatives:

  • footpath
  • pavement
  • walkway
  • path

pavement

This is a correct term used in British English to refer to a pedestrian walkway along the side of a road.

It is commonly used in British English to describe the path for pedestrians next to a road or street.

Examples:

  • She crossed the street and walked on the pavement.
  • The pavement was wet after the rain.
  • You were found unconscious on the pavement.
  • I just kissed the pavement a bit when I tackled that guy.
  • By definition, the pavement's clean.
  • His head got cracked on the pavement.
  • No visible weapon, just a girl and the pavement 200 feet below.
  • You wrote it on the pavement outside her house.
  • Paramedics picked her off the pavement after an RTA.
  • There's one brutal moment when he's sitting on the pavement...
  • It's dark; she can't see where the pavement ends...
  • Remember, it's the pavement you're mad at.
  • She just saw two kids bleeding out on the pavement.
  • Really, people here just think they own the pavement.
  • It is a reminder of the period in which I beat the pavement.
  • You wish you were a pavement because she looks down so much.
  • I woke up tasting pavement in my mouth.
  • Watch out and go back to the pavement.
  • A strange man was walking back and forth on the pavement.
  • Oscillation on the pavement always means there's a love affair.
  • Half his brain spread across the pavement.
  • He asked Jody Farr to move his Hummer off the pavement.

Alternatives:

  • footpath
  • sidewalk
  • walkway
  • path

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