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Gallop vs Galloper - What's the difference?

gallop | galloper |

As nouns the difference between gallop and galloper

is that gallop is the fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously while galloper is one who gallops.

As a verb gallop

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

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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=In the 11th minute the German won possession in midfield and teed up the galloping Kieran Gibbs, whose angled shot was pushed by Kelvin Davies straight into the retreating Jos Hooiveld.}}
  • (figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
  • * John Locke
    • Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.

    galloper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who gallops.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, The Drums of the Fore and Aft
    • The lancers chafing in the right gorge had thrice dispatched their only subaltern as galloper to report on the progress of affairs.
  • A racehorse.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Rod Nicholson, Get ready for Hussler v Cat, Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=The Hussler's trainer, Ross McDonald, is confident Australia's champion galloper will win the clashes, despite Weekend Hussler never having competed over 1000m before. }}
  • A carousel.
  • (military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
    • (Farrow)