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

  1. 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.

  2. 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."

  3. 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.

  4. Pace as a noun:

    Speed or velocity in general.

  5. 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.

  6. Pace as a noun:

    A group of donkeys.

  1. Pace as an adjective (cricket):

    Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

  1. Pace as a verb:

    Walk to and fro in a small space.

  2. Pace as a verb:

    Set the speed in a race.

  3. Pace as a verb:

    Measure by walking.

  1. Pace as a preposition (formal):

    With all due respect to.

  1. Pace as a noun:

    Easter.

  1. Trot as a noun (archaic, disparaging):

    An ugly old woman, a hag.

  2. 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).

  3. Trot as a noun:

    A gait of a person faster than a walk.

  4. Trot as a noun:

    A toddler.

  5. Trot as a noun (obsolete):

    A young animal.

  6. Trot as a noun (dance):

    A moderately rapid dance.

  7. Trot as a noun (mildly disparaging):

  8. Trot as a noun (Australia, obsolete):

    A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.

  9. 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."

  10. Trot as a noun (dated, slang, among students):

  1. Trot as a verb:

    To walk rapidly.

  2. Trot as a verb (intransitive, of a horse):

    To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.

  3. 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.

  1. Trot as a noun:

    A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.

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