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Scurry vs Gallop - What's the difference?

scurry | gallop | Related terms |

Scurry is a related term of gallop.


As verbs the difference between scurry and gallop

is that scurry is to run away with quick light steps, to scamper while gallop is (intransitive of a horse, etc) to run at a gallop.

As a noun gallop is

the fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

scurry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • * 1964 ,
  • Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

    Derived terms

    * scurry away * scurry off

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    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.