Hurry vs. Scurry — What's the Difference?

Move or act with great haste

To go with light running steps; scamper.

Great haste

To flurry or swirl about.

To move or act with speed or haste.

The act of scurrying.

To cause to move or act with speed or haste

The noise produced by scurrying.

To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

To speed the progress or completion of; expedite

A dash.

Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste

To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.

The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency

Act of scurrying; hurried movement.

Rushed action.

Rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Urgency.

To move about or proceed hurriedly;

(American football) an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

(music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.

(intransitive) To do things quickly.

(intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.

(transitive) To cause to be done quickly.

(transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

(transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

(mining) To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

To cause to be done quickly.

To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.

The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.

A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry;

Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);

The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;

Move very fast;

Act or move at high speed;

Urge to an unnatural speed;