Creep vs Gallop - What's the difference?

Creep is a related term of gallop.

As a proper noun creep

is (derogatory) the committee]] to re-elect the president, which raised money for [[w:richard nixon|richard nixon's campaign for 1972 reelection.

As a noun gallop is

the fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

As a verb gallop is

(intransitive of a horse, etc) to run at a gallop.

creep

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) crepen, from (etyl) .

Verb

To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.

* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)

One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him.

Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.

To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.

To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.

Prices have been creeping up all year.

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

Old age creeps upon us.

* John Locke

the sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument

To slip, or to become slightly displaced.

The collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying.

The quicksilver on a mirror may creep .

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.

a creeping sycophant

* Shakespeare

to come as humbly as they used to creep

To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.

The sight made my flesh creep .

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Synonyms

* (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground) crawl * (grow across a surface rather than upwards) * (move slowly and quietly in a particular direction) * (make small gradual changes)

Derived terms

* creep up on * creepy / creepy-crawly * give someone the creeps * creep someone out

Etymology 2

From the above verb.

Noun

(en noun)

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)

A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.

A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something

The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.

Christmas creep'''. Feature '''creep'''. Instruction '''creep'''. Mission ' creep

(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.

(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.

(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.

(informal, pejorative) An annoying irritating person

(informal, pejorative) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.

Stop following me, you creep !

(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Derived terms

* bracket creep * Christmas creep * feature creep * focus creep * function creep ((function creep)) * instruction creep ((instruction creep)) * mission creep ((mission creep)) * requirement creep ((requirement creep)) * scope creep * season creep

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs

gallop

English

Noun

(en noun)

The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

Verb

(en verb)

(Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.

The horse galloped past the finishing line.

To ride at a galloping pace.

* John Donne

Gallop lively down the western hill.

To cause to gallop.

to gallop a horse

To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.

To run very fast.

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(figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

* John Locke

Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.