gait vs lope

gait and lope both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

gait (verb)	lope (verb)
	run easily