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Canted vs Canter - What's the difference?

canted | canter |

As verbs the difference between canted and canter

is that canted is (cant) while canter is to move at such pace.

As an adjective canted

is having angles.

As a noun canter is

a gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground also describing this gait on other four legged animals or canter can be one who cants or whines; a beggar.

canted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cant)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having angles.
    • a-six canted bolt head
    a canted window
  • Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
  • * (Philip Larkin), Vers de Société
    • I could spend half my evenings, if I wanted, / Holding a glass of washing sherry, canted / Over to catch the drivel of some bitch / Who's read nothing but Which

    Derived terms

    * canted column (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * *

    canter

    English

    (wikipedia canter)

    Etymology 1

    Short for Canterbury pace , from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
  • A ride on a horse at such speed.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move at such pace.
  • To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
    • Derived terms
    * in a canter, at a canter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  • One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
  • * Macaulay
    • The day when he was a canter and a rebel.

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Verb

    (roa-jer-verb)
  • to list
  • to lean
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