gait vs canter

gait and canter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gait	Yes	No	No	No
canter	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, canter is a hyponym of gait; that is, canter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gait:

Other hyponyms of gait include walk, rack, single-foot, jog trot, trot, lope, gallop.

gait (noun)	canter (noun)
a person's manner of walking	a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
a horse's manner of moving
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

gait (verb)	canter (verb)
	ride at a canter
	go at a canter, of horses
	cause to ride at a cantering pace