Lope vs. Canter
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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 awayCanterverb
go at a canter, of horses
Canterverb
ride at a cantering pace;
He cantered the horse across the meadow
