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Canter vs Canto - What's the difference?

canter | canto |

As nouns the difference between canter and canto

is that 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 while canto is one of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

As a verb canter

is to move at such pace.

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
    • ----

    canto

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----