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Gallop vs Journey - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between gallop and journey

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 journey is a set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

As verbs the difference between gallop and journey

is that gallop is (Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop while journey is to travel, to make a trip or voyage.

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.

    journey

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=
  • , volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
  • (label) A day.
  • (label) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
  • (label) A day's work.
  • *:
  • *:But whan ye haue done that Iourney ye shal promyse me as ye are a true knyght for to go with me and to helpe me / and other damoysels that are distressid dayly with a fals knyghte / All your entente damoysel and desyre I wylle fulfylle / soo ye wyl brynge me vnto this knyghte
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
  • Synonyms

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