Gast vs Gait - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between gast and gait

is that gast is a guest while gait is manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

to teach a specific gait to a horse.

(en verb)

(obsolete) To frighten

And be not so a-gast, for shame! —Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame

Or whether gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled. —William Shakespeare, King Lear

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(wikipedia gait)

(en noun)

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait .

(horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

(en verb)

To teach a specific gait to a horse.

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