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Cantered vs Centered - What's the difference?

cantered | centered |

As verbs the difference between cantered and centered

is that cantered is past tense of canter while centered is past tense of center.

As an adjective centered is

pertaining to the location that is middlemost to; located at the center.

cantered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (canter)

    • 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
    • ----

    centered

    English

    Alternative forms

    * centred

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pertaining to the location that is middlemost to; located at the center
  • (especially, North American) emotionally stable, calm, serene; having a balanced mind

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (center)

    • Anagrams

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