canter vs scamper

canter

noun
  • One who cants or whines; a beggar. 

  • One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. 

  • A ride on a horse at such speed. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To move at such pace. 

  • To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. 

scamper

noun
  • One who skimps or does slipshod work. 

  • A quick, light run. 

verb
  • To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful or undignified manner. 

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