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Trotting vs Galloping - What's the difference?

trotting | galloping |

As nouns the difference between trotting and galloping

is that trotting is the action of the verb trot while galloping is movement at a gallop.

As verbs the difference between trotting and galloping

is that trotting is while galloping is .

As an adjective trotting

is of an animal that trots.

trotting

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of an animal that trots.
    • Not all horses are trotting horses.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb trot.
    • Trotting along the avenue was relaxing.

    Verb

    (head)

    • galloping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Movement at a gallop.
  • * 1973 , Poul Anderson, Hrolf Kraki's Saga
    • But the dreams came upon him too: gallopings and shouts through a windy sky, wingbeats, cruel beaks and claws, a feeling of loss unspeakable and unbounded.