Gait vs Deportment - What's the difference?
gait | deportment | Synonyms |
Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
(horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
bearing; manner of presenting oneself:
:Her deportment impressed her interviewers.
* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
*:...Edy asked what and she was just going to tell her to catch it while it was flying but she was ever ladylike in her deportment so she simply passed it off with consummate tact...
conduct; public behavior:
:Their deportment changed visibly as the policeman approached.
apparent level of schooling or training:
:His academic deportment did not match his degree record.
self-discipline:
:The nun's deportment reflected her vocation.
Gait is a synonym of deportment.
As nouns the difference between gait and deportment
is that gait is manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving while deportment is bearing; manner of presenting oneself:.As a verb gait
is to teach a specific gait to a horse.gait
English
(wikipedia gait)Noun
(en noun)- Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait .
