Alacrity vs. Dispatch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Alacrity and Dispatch
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Alacrity
Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
Dispatch
Send off to a destination or for a purpose
The government dispatched 150 police to restore order
He dispatched messages back to base
Alacrity
Speed or quickness; celerity.
Dispatch
Deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently
The Welsh team were dispatched comfortably by the opposition
Alacrity
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
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Dispatch
The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose
A resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force
Alacrity
Promptness; speed.
Dispatch
An official report on state or military affairs
In his battle dispatch he described the gunner's bravery
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.
Dispatch
The killing of someone or something
The executioner's merciful dispatch of his victims
Alacrity
Liveliness and eagerness;
He accepted with alacrity
Dispatch
To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.
Dispatch
A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
Dispatch
An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.
Dispatch
A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
Dispatch
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Dispatch
(transitive) To rid; to free.
Dispatch
(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
Dispatch
To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
Dispatch
To hurry.
Dispatch
To deprive.
Dispatch
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
Dispatch
The act of doing something quickly.
We must act with dispatch in this matter.
Dispatch
A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
Dispatch
(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
Dispatch
(obsolete) A dismissal.
Dispatch
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch weThe business we have talked of.
[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.
Dispatch
To rid; to free.
I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
Dispatch
To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.
Dispatch
To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
Even with the speediest expeditionI will dispatch him to the emperor's cou .
Dispatch
To send out of the world; to put to death.
The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.
Dispatch
To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
They have dispatched with Pompey.
Dispatch
The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
Dispatch
Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.
Dispatch
The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
Serious business, craving quick dispatch.
To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.
Dispatch
A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
Dispatch
A message transmitted by telegraph.
Dispatch
An official report (usually sent in haste)
Dispatch
The act of sending off something
Dispatch
The property of being prompt and efficient;
It was done with dispatch
Dispatch
Killing a person or animal
Dispatch
Send away towards a designated goal
Dispatch
Complete or carry out;
Discharge one's duties
Dispatch
Kill intentionally and with premeditation;
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Dispatch
Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;
He dispatched the task he was assigned
Dispatch
Kill without delay;
The traitor was dispatched by the conspirators
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