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Trudge vs Gallop - What's the difference?

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Trudge is a related term of gallop.


As nouns the difference between trudge and gallop

is that trudge is a tramp, ie a long and tiring walk while gallop is the fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

As verbs the difference between trudge and gallop

is that trudge is to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps while gallop is (intransitive of a horse, etc) to run at a gallop.

trudge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

    • Verb

    (trudg)
  • To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Age—the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.
  • To trudge along or over a route etc.

    • Derived terms

    * trudger

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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
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=In the 11th minute the German won possession in midfield and teed up the galloping Kieran Gibbs, whose angled shot was pushed by Kelvin Davies straight into the retreating Jos Hooiveld.}}
  • (figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
  • * John Locke
    • Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.