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aerosol cambell · Post by **aerosol cambell** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:37 pm

Just thought, whats the difference between steps and stairs?

Are steps outside?

the wiggle baron · Post by **the wiggle baron** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:01 pm

I think stairs are a set of steps.

I think...(scratches head)

echo wanderer · Post by **echo wanderer** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:03 pm

I don't think there really is a difference...

That's one of those

kind of queries.

By the way,yer avatar is funny as shit!

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ands · Post by **ands** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:48 am

king and vader are ready to discuss the difference over tea

felis · Post by **felis** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:47 pm

Stairs are usually indoors and go from one floor of a building to another. Some people will say 'a staircase' rather than stairs. Occasionally you do find them outdoors, where streets are on different levels because of hillsides, or leading to the upper floors of a building.
Steps can have several meaning as you can see from the other responses. I think from your question you have in mind steps like a staircase but outside, such as up to a door. However you might also get steps inside on a corridor.
I would say the difference is in the length. I would expect stairs to go higher than steps and to be a narrower width. The Sacre Coeur has a lot of steps leading up to it but Notre Dame has even more stairs leading up to the bell tower.
I hope this helps. It's a good question.
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