Pace vs. Pacing — What's the Difference?

A single step taken when walking or running

A step made in walking; a stride.

Speed in walking, running, or moving

A unit of length equal to 30 inches (0.76 meter).

Walk at a steady speed, especially without a particular destination and as an expression of anxiety or annoyance

The modern version of the Roman pace, measuring five English feet. Also called geometric pace.

Move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed

Thirty inches at quick marching time or 36 at double time.

With due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction

Five Roman feet or 58.1 English inches, measured from the point at which the heel of one foot is raised to the point at which it is set down again after an intervening step by the other foot.

A step made in walking; a stride.

The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.

A unit of length equal to 30 inches (0.76 meter).

The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.

The modern version of the Roman pace, measuring five English feet. Also called geometric pace.

A manner of walking or running

Thirty inches at quick marching time or 36 at double time.

A gait of a horse in which both feet on one side are lifted and put down together.

Five Roman feet or 58.1 English inches, measured from the point at which the heel of one foot is raised to the point at which it is set down again after an intervening step by the other foot.

To walk or stride back and forth across

The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.

To measure (a space) by counting the number of steps needed to cover a distance.

The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.

To walk (a number of steps) in so measuring a space.

A manner of walking or running

To set or regulate the rate of speed for (a race or a competitor in a race).

A gait of a horse in which both feet on one side are lifted and put down together.

To lead (one's team or teammates) with a good performance

To walk or stride back and forth across

To advance or develop (something) for a particular purpose or at a particular rate

To measure (a space) by counting the number of steps needed to cover a distance.

To train (a horse) in a particular gait, especially the pace.

To walk (a number of steps) in so measuring a space.

To walk with long deliberate steps.

To set or regulate the rate of speed for (a race or a competitor in a race).

To go at the pace. Used of a horse or rider.

To lead (one's team or teammates) with a good performance

Present participle of pace

To advance or develop (something) for a particular purpose or at a particular rate

The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.

To train (a horse) in a particular gait, especially the pace.

The speed at which a composition is to be played.

To walk with long deliberate steps.

(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

To go at the pace. Used of a horse or rider.

Walking with slow regular strides

With the permission of; with deference to. Used to express polite or ironically polite disagreement

Step.

A step taken with the foot.

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

Way of stepping.

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

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

Speed or velocity in general.

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

(collective) A group of donkeys.

(obsolete) Passage, route.

(obsolete) One's journey or route.

(obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.

(obsolete) An aisle in a church.

Easter.

(cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

To walk back and forth in a small distance.

To set the speed in a race. en

To measure by walking.

(formal) With all due respect to.

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; - used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.

Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.

A slow gait; a footpace.

Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.

Any single movement, step, or procedure.

A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.

A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.

The rate of progress of any process or activity; as, the students ran at a rapid pace; the plants grew at a remarkable pace.

To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.

To proceed; to pass on.

To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.

To pass away; to die.

To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.

To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. Often used with out; as, to pace out the distance.

To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.

The rate of moving (especially walking or running)

The distance covered by a step;

The relative speed of progress or change;

A step in walking or running

The rate of some repeating event

A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

Walk with slow or fast paces;

Go at a pace;

Measure (distances) by pacing;

Regulate or set the pace of;