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Quick vs. Nimble — What's the Difference?

Quick vs. Nimble — What's the Difference?

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Quick

Moving fast or doing something in a short time
He was always quick to point out her faults
In the qualifying session he was two seconds quicker than his teammate

Nimble

Quick and light in movement or action; agile
With a deft motion of her nimble fingers

Quick

Prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent
It was quick of him to spot the mistake

Nimble

Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft
Nimble fingers.

Quick

At a fast rate; quickly
He'll find some place where he can make money quicker
Get out, quick!
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Nimble

Quick, clever, and acute in devising or understanding
Nimble wits.

Quick

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

Nimble

Adept at taking or grasping
Nimble fingers

Quick

Those who are living
The quick and the dead

Nimble

Quick and light in movement or action.
He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.

Quick

A fast bowler.

Nimble

Quickwitted and alert.
She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.

Quick

Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy
An animal that is quick enough to escape most predators.

Nimble

(intransitive) To move nimbly.

Quick

Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright
A quick mind.

Nimble

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.
Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails.

Quick

Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen
Quick reflexes.

Nimble

Moving quickly and lightly;
Sleek and agile as a gymnast
As nimble as a deer
Nimble fingers
Quick of foot
The old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it

Quick

Reacting immediately and sharply
A quick temper.

Nimble

Mentally quick;
An agile mind
Nimble wits

Quick

Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time
A quick rise through the ranks.
A quick profit.

Quick

Done or occurring immediately
A quick inspection. ].

Quick

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.
He's a quick runner.

Quick

Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
That was a quick meal.

Quick

Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

Quick

Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

Quick

Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.

Quick

(archaic) Alive, living.

Quick

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

Quick

Of water: flowing.

Quick

Burning, flammable, fiery.

Quick

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

Quick

Productive; not "dead" or barren

Quick

Quickly, in a quick manner.
Get rich quick.
Come here, quick!

Quick

Answer quickly.

Quick

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

Quick

Plants used in making a quickset hedge

Quick

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

Quick

Quitchgrass.

Quick

(cricket) A fast bowler.

Quick

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

Quick

To quicken.

Quick

Alive; living; animate; - opposed to dead or inanimate.
Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were.
The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.
Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire.

Quick

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

Quick

Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
Oft he her his charge of quick returnRepeated.

Quick

Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended.

Quick

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
The air is quick there,And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.

Quick

Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.
They say that women are so quick.

Quick

Pregnant; with child.

Quick

In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.

Quick

That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.
The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.

Quick

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.
This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.
How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference !

Quick

Quitch grass.

Quick

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

Quick

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

Quick

Accomplished rapidly and without delay;
Was quick to make friends
His quick reaction prevented an accident
Hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem
A speedy recovery
He has a right to a speedy trial

Quick

Hurried and brief;
Paid a flying visit
Took a flying glance at the book
A quick inspection
A fast visit

Quick

Moving quickly and lightly;
Sleek and agile as a gymnast
As nimble as a deer
Nimble fingers
Quick of foot
The old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it

Quick

Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity;
A quick mind
A ready wit

Quick

Performed with little or no delay;
An immediate reply to my letter
Prompt obedience
Was quick to respond
A straightaway denial

Quick

Easily aroused or excited;
A quick temper
A warm temper

Quick

With little or no delay;
The rescue squad arrived promptly
Come here, quick!

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