acceleration vs gallop

acceleration

noun
  • The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration. 

  • The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum. 

  • The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). 

  • The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction). 

gallop

noun
  • An act or instance of going or running rapidly. 

  • The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. 

  • An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop. 

verb
  • To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. 

  • To ride at a galloping pace. 

  • To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines. 

  • To run very fast. 

  • To progress rapidly through the body. 

  • To run at a gallop. 

  • To cause to gallop. 

How often have the words acceleration and gallop occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )