skip vs gait
gait vs skipskip and gait both are nouns.
skip is a verb but gait is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| skip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| gait | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
gait is a hypernym of
skip; that is, gait is a
word with a broader meaning than skip:
- skip: a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- gait: a person's manner of walking
| skip (noun) | gait (noun) |
|---|---|
| a mistake resulting from neglect | a person's manner of walking |
| a gait in which steps and hops alternate | a horse's manner of moving |
| the rate of moving (especially walking or running) |
| skip (verb) | gait (verb) |
|---|---|
| bypass | |
| cause to skip over a surface | |
| jump lightly | |
| leave suddenly | |
| bound off one point after another | |
| intentionally fail to attend |
Words related to "skip"
- bounce
- bound
- bound off
- bunk off
- colloquialism
- cut
- decamp
- drop
- error
- failure
- fault
- gait
- go away
- go forth
- hop
- hop-skip
- jump
- leap
- leave
- leave out
- miss
- mistake
- neglect
- omission
- omit
- overleap
- overlook
- pass over
- play hooky
- pretermit
- rebound
- recoil
- resile
- reverberate
- ricochet
- skim
- skip over
- skipper
- skitter
- spring
- take a hop
- throw
- vamoose
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