pace vs canter

pace and canter both are nouns.

pace and canter both are verbs.

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

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

pace: go at a pace
canter: go at a canter, of horses

Other hyponyms of pace include walk, rack, single-foot, gallop.

pace (noun)	canter (noun)
a step in walking or running	a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
the relative speed of progress or change
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
the distance covered by a step
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
the rate of some repeating event

pace (verb)	canter (verb)
measure (distances) by pacing	ride at a canter
regulate or set the pace of	go at a canter, of horses
walk with slow or fast paces	cause to ride at a cantering pace
go at a pace

Difference between pace and canter

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