Alacrity vs. Celerity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Alacrity and Celerity
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Alacrity
Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
Celerity
Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
Alacrity
Speed or quickness; celerity.
Celerity
Speed, swiftness.
Alacrity
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
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Celerity
(oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
Alacrity
Promptness; speed.
Celerity
(hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
Alacrity
A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
I have not that alacrity of spirit,Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.
Celerity
The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
Alacrity
Liveliness and eagerness;
He accepted with alacrity
Celerity
Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight.
Celerity
A rate that is rapid
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