canter vs trot

canter

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • A ride on a horse at such speed. 

  • One who cants or whines; a beggar. 

verb
  • To move at such pace. 

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

trot

noun
  • A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together). 

  • A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run. 

  • A moderately rapid dance. 

  • A run of luck or fortune. 

  • A brisk journey or progression. 

  • A toddler. 

  • Diarrhoea. 

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

verb
  • To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run. 

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

  • To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. 

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