pace vs stepping

pace

noun
  • A step taken with the foot. 

  • Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. 

  • The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. 

  • A group of donkeys. 

  • Easter. 

  • A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. 

  • Speed or velocity in general. 

  • A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. 

prep
  • With all due respect to. 

verb
  • To set the speed in a race. 

  • To measure by walking. 

  • To walk back and forth in a small distance. 

adj
  • Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls. 

stepping

noun
  • The act of taking a step. 

  • A specific iteration of a model of central processing unit, often distinguished by the addition or removal of features compared to earlier examples of the same processor, or the presence, or lack thereof, of specific bugs. 

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