climb vs leap

climb

verb
  • to jump high 

  • To mount; to move upwards on. 

  • To move to a higher position on the social ladder. 

  • Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something. 

  • To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet. 

  • to practise the sport of climbing 

  • To scale; to get to the top of something. 

  • To ascend; rise; to go up. 

noun
  • The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. 

  • An upwards struggle 

  • An act of climbing. 

leap

verb
  • To jump. 

  • To pass over by a leap or jump. 

  • To cause to leap. 

noun
  • The distance traversed by a leap or jump. 

  • A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts. 

  • A salmon ladder. 

  • Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. 

  • Half a bushel. 

  • A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals. 

  • A fault. 

  • A significant move forward. 

  • The act of leaping or jumping. 

  • A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely. 

  • A group of leopards. 

adj
  • Intercalary, bissextile. 

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