Lope vs. Sprint — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lope and Sprint
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Definitions
Lope➦
To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.
Sprint➦
The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
Lope➦
A steady, easy gait.
Sprint➦
A burst of speed or activity.
Lope➦
To travel an easy pace with long strides.
He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
Sprint➦
To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
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Lope➦
To jump, leap.
Sprint➦
To move over (a distance) rapidly or at top speed for a brief period
Sprinted the last 100 yards to the finish line.
Lope➦
An easy pace with long strides.
Sprint➦
A short race at top speed.
Lope➦
Of Leap.
And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.
Sprint➦
A burst of speed or activity.
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Lope➦
To leap; to dance.
Sprint➦
(software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
Lope➦
To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
Sprint➦
(ambitransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.
Lope➦
To run with an easy, bounding stride; - of people.
Sprint➦
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.
A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to sprint the whole way.
Lope➦
A leap; a long step.
Sprint➦
The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.
Lope➦
An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle.
Sprint➦
A quick run
Lope➦
A slow pace of running
Sprint➦
Run very fast, usually for a short distance
Lope➦
A smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
Lope➦
Run easily
