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Prance vs Tittup - What's the difference?

prance | tittup |

As nouns the difference between prance and tittup

is that prance is the act of prancing while tittup is a caper, or canter.

As verbs the difference between prance and tittup

is that prance is to spring forward on the hind legs while tittup is to prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily.

prance

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncommon) The act of prancing.

    • Verb

  • (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
  • (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about.

    • tittup

    English

    Alternative forms

    *tit-tup

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A caper, or canter.

    • Verb

  • To prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily.
  • *1928 , (Siegfried Sassoon), Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man , Penguin 2013, p. 186:
  • *:I felt a fool and was much relieved when I saw the back of Mr Bellerby as he tit-tupped away to Cowslake Manor after pressing me to accept a cheroot about eight inches long out of a crocodile-skin case.