gallop vs stampede

gallop

verb
  • To progress rapidly through the body. 

  • 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 run at a gallop. 

  • 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. 

stampede

verb
  • To move rapidly in a mass. 

  • To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. 

  • To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. 

noun
  • Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse. 

  • A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. 

  • A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time. 

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