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Galop vs Gallopade - What's the difference?

galop | gallopade |

As nouns the difference between galop and gallopade

is that galop is a lively french country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time while gallopade is (obsolete) gallop.

As a verb gallopade is

to gallop, as on horseback.

galop

English

Noun

(wikipedia galop) (en noun)
  • A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
    • ----

    gallopade

    English

    Alternative forms

    *galoppade

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) gallop
  • *{{quote-book, year=1898, author=Henry Francis Keenan, title=The Iron Game, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At the same instant the sounding gallopade of hoofs came from the tranquil roadway leading to the stables. }}
  • A type of dance, also known as the galop

    • Verb

    (gallopad)
  • To gallop, as on horseback.
  • To perform the dance called gallopade.