Lope vs. Canter

Lope and Canter Definitions
Lope
To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.
Canter
A smooth three-beat gait of a horse that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot, in which the feet touch the ground in the three-beat sequence of near hind foot, off hind foot and near front foot, off front foot.
Lope
A steady, easy gait.
Canter
A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
Lope
To travel an easy pace with long strides.
He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
Canter
To go or move at a canter.
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Lope
To jump, leap.
Canter
To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.
Lope
An easy pace with long strides.
Canter
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.
Lope
Of Leap.
And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.
Canter
A ride on a horse at such speed.
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Lope
To leap; to dance.
Canter
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
Lope
To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
Canter
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
Lope
To run with an easy, bounding stride; - of people.
Canter
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
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Lope
A leap; a long step.
Canter
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
Lope
An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle.
Canter
A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
Lope
A slow pace of running
Canter
A rapid or easy passing over.
A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.
Lope
A smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
Canter
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
Lope
Run easily
Canter
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
The day when he was a canter and a rebel.
Canter
To move in a canter.
Canter
To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
Canter
A smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
Canter
Ride at a canter;
The men cantered away
Canter
Go at a canter, of horses
Canter
Ride at a cantering pace;
He cantered the horse across the meadow