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Centred vs Cantered - What's the difference?

centred | cantered |

As verbs the difference between centred and cantered

is that centred is (centre) while cantered is (canter).

As an adjective centred

is .

centred

English

Alternative forms

* centered (chiefly US)

Verb

(head)
  • (centre)

    • Adjective

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    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
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