Quick vs. Bright — What's the Difference?

Moving fast or doing something in a short time

Giving out or reflecting much light; shining

Prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent

Intelligent and quick-witted

At a fast rate; quickly

Cheerful and lively

The soft tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail.

(of sound) clear, vibrant, and typically high-pitched

Those who are living

Brightly

A fast bowler.

Bold and vivid colours

Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy

Headlights switched to full beam

Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright

Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; shining.

Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen

Comparatively high on the scale of brightness

Reacting immediately and sharply

Full of light or illumination

Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time

Characterizing a dyestuff that produces a highly saturated color; brilliant.

Done or occurring immediately

Glorious; splendid

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

Full of promise and hope; auspicious

Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

Happy; cheerful

Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

Quick to learn or understand; intelligent.

Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

High and clear

Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.

(archaic) Alive, living.

Of light: brilliant, intense.

Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.

Of water: flowing.

Of a place: not dark; well-lit.

Burning, flammable, fiery.

Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

(figuratively)

Productive; not "dead" or barren

Clearly apparent; conspicuous.

Quickly, in a quick manner.

Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.

Answer quickly.

Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.

Plants used in making a quickset hedge

Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.

The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.

Quitchgrass.

Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.

(cricket) A fast bowler.

Glorious; illustrious.

(transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

In good spirits; happy, optimistic.

To quicken.

Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.

Alive; living; animate; - opposed to dead or inanimate.

Of a person: lively, vivacious.

Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.

Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.

Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.

Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.

Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.

Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.

(archaic)

Pregnant; with child.

(music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.

In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.

(metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.

That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.

Brightness, glow.

The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; - used figuratively.

(figuratively) Glory, splendour.

Quitch grass.

Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.

To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.

A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.

Any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

(painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.

Accomplished rapidly and without delay;

In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.

Hurried and brief;

(figuratively)

Moving quickly and lightly;

Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.

Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity;

(archaic) Referring to sight, sound, understanding, etc.: clearly, distinctly; brightly.

Performed with little or no delay;

(transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.

Easily aroused or excited;

Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.

With little or no delay;

Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.

Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.

Transmitting light; clear; transparent.

Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.

Illustrious; glorious.

Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.

Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.

Splendor; brightness.

Brightly.

Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts;

Having striking color;

Characterized by quickness and ease in learning;

Having lots of light either natural or artificial;

Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow;

Splendid;

Not made dim or less bright;

Clear and sharp and ringing;

Characterized by happiness or gladness;

Abounding with sunlight;

Full or promise;

With brightness;