Galloped vs Cantered - What's the difference?
galloped | cantered |
(gallop)
The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
(Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
To ride at a galloping pace.
* John Donne
To cause to gallop.
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
(canter)
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
* Macaulay
As verbs the difference between galloped and cantered
is that galloped is (gallop) while cantered is (canter).galloped
English
Verb
(head)gallop
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The horse galloped past the finishing line.
- Gallop lively down the western hill.
- to gallop a horse
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- Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.
cantered
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * *canter
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(wikipedia canter)Etymology 1
Short for Canterbury pace , from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* in a canter, at a canterEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- The day when he was a canter and a rebel.