Pace vs. Pacing — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pace and Pacing
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Pace
A single step taken when walking or running
Kirov stepped back a pace
Pacing
A step made in walking; a stride.
Pace
Speed in walking, running, or moving
He's an aggressive player with plenty of pace
The ring road allows traffic to flow at a remarkably fast pace
Pacing
A unit of length equal to 30 inches (0.76 meter).
Pace
Walk at a steady speed, especially without a particular destination and as an expression of anxiety or annoyance
We paced up and down in exasperation
She had been pacing the room
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Pacing
The modern version of the Roman pace, measuring five English feet. Also called geometric pace.
Pace
Move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed
Our fast-paced daily lives
The action is paced to the beat of a perky march
Pacing
Thirty inches at quick marching time or 36 at double time.
Pace
With due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction
Narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead
Pacing
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.
Pace
A step made in walking; a stride.
Pacing
The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.
Pace
A unit of length equal to 30 inches (0.76 meter).
Pacing
The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.
Pace
The modern version of the Roman pace, measuring five English feet. Also called geometric pace.
Pacing
A manner of walking or running
A jaunty pace.
Pace
Thirty inches at quick marching time or 36 at double time.
Pacing
A gait of a horse in which both feet on one side are lifted and put down together.
Pace
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.
Pacing
To walk or stride back and forth across
Paced the floor nervously.
Pace
The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.
Pacing
To measure (a space) by counting the number of steps needed to cover a distance.
Pace
The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.
Pacing
To walk (a number of steps) in so measuring a space.
Pace
A manner of walking or running
A jaunty pace.
Pacing
To set or regulate the rate of speed for (a race or a competitor in a race).
Pace
A gait of a horse in which both feet on one side are lifted and put down together.
Pacing
To lead (one's team or teammates) with a good performance
Paced her team to a victory with 18 points.
Pace
To walk or stride back and forth across
Paced the floor nervously.
Pacing
To advance or develop (something) for a particular purpose or at a particular rate
Paced the lectures so as not to overwhelm the students.
Pace
To measure (a space) by counting the number of steps needed to cover a distance.
Pacing
To train (a horse) in a particular gait, especially the pace.
Pace
To walk (a number of steps) in so measuring a space.
Pacing
To walk with long deliberate steps.
Pace
To set or regulate the rate of speed for (a race or a competitor in a race).
Pacing
To go at the pace. Used of a horse or rider.
Pace
To lead (one's team or teammates) with a good performance
Paced her team to a victory with 18 points.
Pacing
Present participle of pace
Pace
To advance or develop (something) for a particular purpose or at a particular rate
Paced the lectures so as not to overwhelm the students.
Pacing
The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.
Pace
To train (a horse) in a particular gait, especially the pace.
Pacing
The speed at which a composition is to be played.
Pace
To walk with long deliberate steps.
Pacing
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
Pace
To go at the pace. Used of a horse or rider.
Pacing
Walking with slow regular strides
Pace
With the permission of; with deference to. Used to express polite or ironically polite disagreement
I have not, pace my detractors, entered into any secret negotiations.
Pace
Step.
Pace
A step taken with the foot.
Pace
The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.
Pace
Way of stepping.
Pace
A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
Pace
Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
Pace
Speed or velocity in general.
Pace
(cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
Pace
(collective) A group of donkeys.
Pace
(obsolete) Passage, route.
Pace
(obsolete) One's journey or route.
Pace
(obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
Pace
(obsolete) An aisle in a church.
Pace
Easter.
Pace
(cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
Pace
To walk back and forth in a small distance.
Pace
To set the speed in a race. en
Pace
To measure by walking.
Pace
(formal) With all due respect to.
Pace
A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
Pace
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.
Pace
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.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
In the military schools of riding a variety of paces are taught.
Pace
A slow gait; a footpace.
Pace
Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
Pace
Any single movement, step, or procedure.
The first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with Spain.
Pace
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.
Pace
A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
Pace
The rate of progress of any process or activity; as, the students ran at a rapid pace; the plants grew at a remarkable pace.
Pace
To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
Pace
To proceed; to pass on.
Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace.
Pace
To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
Pace
To pass away; to die.
Pace
To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
Pace
To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. Often used with out; as, to pace out the distance.
Pace
To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
If you can, pace your wisdomIn that good path that I would wish it go.
Pace
The rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Pace
The distance covered by a step;
He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Pace
The relative speed of progress or change;
He lived at a fast pace
He works at a great rate
The pace of events accelerated
Pace
A step in walking or running
Pace
The rate of some repeating event
Pace
A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
Pace
Walk with slow or fast paces;
He paced up and down the hall
Pace
Go at a pace;
The horse paced
Pace
Measure (distances) by pacing;
Step off ten yards
Pace
Regulate or set the pace of;
Pace your efforts
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