Swallow vs. Gallop — What's the Difference?

The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance.

The fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped, with all the feet off the ground together in each stride

To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.

(of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop

To put up with (something unpleasant)

Proceed at great speed

To refrain from expressing; suppress

A gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.

To envelop or engulf

A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.

To consume or use up

A ride taken at a gallop.

(Slang) To believe without question

A rapid pace

To take back; retract

(Medicine) A disordered rhythm of the heart characterized by three or four distinct heart sounds in each cycle and resembling the sound of a galloping horse. Also called gallop rhythm.

To say inarticulately; mumble

To cause to gallop.

To perform the act of swallowing.

To go or move at a gallop.

The act of swallowing.

To move or progress swiftly

An amount swallowed.

The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

(Nautical) The channel through which a rope runs in a block or a mooring chock.

An act or instance of going or running rapidly.

Any of various small graceful swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects.

(cardiology) An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.

Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.

To run at a gallop.

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

(intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace.

(transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

(transitive) To cause to gallop.

(intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

(ambitransitive) 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.

(transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

(intransitive) To run very fast.

(intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

(transitive) To retract; to recant.

To progress rapidly through the body.

(transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

(archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

To ride a horse at a gallop.

(archaic) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.

Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

To cause to gallop.

(nautical) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.

A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.

(Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

A fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

Ride at a galloping pace;

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.

Go at galloping speed;

Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.

Cause to move at full gallop;

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

The act of swallowing.

The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

Taste; relish; inclination; liking.

Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.

That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.

To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb - usually followed by up.

To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.

To engross; to appropriate; - usually with up.

To occupy; to take up; to employ.

To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.

To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.

To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.

A small amount of liquid food;

The act of swallowing;

Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;

Engulf and destroy;

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

Utter indistinctly;

Take back what one has said;

Keep from expressing;

Tolerate or accommodate oneself to;

Believe or accept without questioning or challenge;