Haste vs. Swiftness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Haste and Swiftness
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Haste
Excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry
Working with feverish haste
I write in haste
Swiftness
Moving or capable of moving with great speed; fast.
Haste
Archaic term for hasten
Swiftness
The state of being swift.
Haste
Rapidity of action or motion
The haste with which she climbed the stairs.
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Swiftness
The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
Haste
Rash or headlong action; precipitateness
Forgot the tickets in their haste to catch the train.
Swiftness
A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens;
The project advanced with gratifying speed
Haste
To hasten or cause to hasten.
Haste
Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.
Haste
(obsolete) Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
Haste
To urge onward; to hasten.
Haste
To move with haste.
Haste
Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; - applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
The king's business required haste.
Haste
The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Haste
To hasten; to hurry.
I 'll haste the writer.
They were troubled and hasted away.
Haste
Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);
He soon regretted his haste
Haste
The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;
In his haste to leave he forgot his book
Haste
A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry;
In a hurry to lock the door
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