The difference between Pace and Trot
When used as nouns, pace means one's journey or route, whereas trot means an ugly old woman, a hag.
When used as verbs, pace means walk to and fro in a small space, whereas trot means to walk rapidly.
Pace is also preposition with the meaning: with all due respect to.
Pace is also adjective with the meaning: describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pace and Trot
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Pace as a noun (obsolete):
Passage, route. One's journey or route. A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. An aisle in a church.
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Pace as a noun:
Step. A step taken with the foot. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
Examples:
"Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor."
"I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces."
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Pace as a noun:
Way of stepping. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
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Pace as a noun:
Speed or velocity in general.
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Pace as a noun (cricket):
A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
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Pace as a noun:
A group of donkeys.
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Pace as an adjective (cricket):
Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
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Pace as a verb:
Walk to and fro in a small space.
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Pace as a verb:
Set the speed in a race.
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Pace as a verb:
Measure by walking.
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Pace as a preposition (formal):
With all due respect to.
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Pace as a noun:
Easter.
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Trot as a noun (archaic, disparaging):
An ugly old woman, a hag.
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Trot as a noun (chiefly, of horses):
A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
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Trot as a noun:
A gait of a person faster than a walk.
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Trot as a noun:
A toddler.
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Trot as a noun (obsolete):
A young animal.
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Trot as a noun (dance):
A moderately rapid dance.
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Trot as a noun (mildly disparaging):
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Trot as a noun (Australia, obsolete):
A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
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Trot as a noun (Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad"):
A run of luck or fortune.
Examples:
"He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon."
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Trot as a noun (dated, slang, among students):
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Trot as a verb:
To walk rapidly.
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Trot as a verb (intransitive, of a horse):
To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
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Trot as a verb (transitive):
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
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Trot as a noun:
A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.