gait vs trot

gait and trot both are nouns.

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

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

gait: a horse's manner of moving
trot: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

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

gait (noun)	trot (noun)
a person's manner of walking	a slow pace of running
a horse's manner of moving	a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)	a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

gait (verb)	trot (verb)
	run at a moderately swift pace
	ride at a trot
	cause to trot