Lope vs. Canter

Lope vs. Canter — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Lope and Canter

Lopeverb

To travel an easy pace with long strides.

He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.

Canternoun

A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.

Lopeverb

To jump, leap.

Canternoun

A ride on a horse at such speed.

Lopenoun

An easy pace with long strides.

Canternoun

One who cants or whines; a beggar.

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Lopenoun

a slow pace of running

Canternoun

One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Lopenoun

a smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

Canterverb

(intransitive) To move at such pace.

Lopeverb

run easily

Canterverb

(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

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Canternoun

a smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

Canterverb

ride at a canter;

The men cantered away

Canterverb

go at a canter, of horses

Canterverb

ride at a cantering pace;

He cantered the horse across the meadow