gallop vs jog

gallop

verb
  • To run at a gallop. 

  • 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 cause to gallop. 

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

  • An act or instance of going or running rapidly. 

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

jog

verb
  • To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace. 

  • To cause to move at an energetic trot. 

  • To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt. 

  • To shake, stir or rouse. 

  • To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along. 

  • To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface. 

noun
  • An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise. 

  • A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface. 

  • A sudden push or nudge. 

  • In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer. 

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