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Gallop vs Sonata - What's the difference?

gallop | sonata |

As nouns the difference between gallop and sonata

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 sonata is a musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.

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
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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.

    sonata

    English

    (wikipedia sonata)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo
  • Derived terms

    * sonata form * sonatina

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