Quick vs. Fast
Quickadjective
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
Quickadjective
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
Quickadjective
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
Quickadjective
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
Quickadjective
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
Quickadjective
(archaic) Alive, living.
Quickadjective
(archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
Quickadjective
Of water: flowing.
Quickadjective
Burning, flammable, fiery.
Quickadjective
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
Quickadjective
productive; not "dead" or barren
Quickadverb
quickly
Quickadverb
(colloquial) with speed
Quicknoun
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
Quicknoun
plants used in making a quickset hedge
Quicknoun
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
Quicknoun
quitchgrass
Quicknoun
(cricket) A fast bowler.
Quickverb
(transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
Quickverb
To quicken.
Quickadjective
Alive; living; animate; - opposed to dead or inanimate.
Quickadjective
Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.
Quickadjective
Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
Quickadjective
Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
Quickadjective
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
Quickadjective
Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.
Quickadjective
Pregnant; with child.
Quickadverb
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
Quicknoun
That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.
Quicknoun
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.
Quicknoun
Quitch grass.
Quickverb
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.
Quicknoun
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
Quickadjective
accomplished rapidly and without delay;
Quickadjective
hurried and brief;
Quickadjective
moving quickly and lightly;
Quickadjective
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity;
Quickadjective
performed with little or no delay;
Quickadjective
easily aroused or excited;
Quickadverb
with little or no delay;
Quickadjective
moving fast or doing something in a short time
Quickadjective
lasting or taking a short time
Quickadjective
happening with little or no delay; prompt
Quickadjective
prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent
Quickadjective
(of a person's eye or ear) keenly perceptive; alert.
Quickadjective
(of a person's temper) easily roused.
Quickadverb
at a fast rate; quickly
Quicknoun
the soft tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail.
Quicknoun
the central or most sensitive part of someone or something.
Quicknoun
those who are living
Quicknoun
a fast bowler.
Fastadjective
(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
Fastadjective
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
Fastadjective
(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
Fastadjective
Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
Fastadjective
Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
Fastadjective
Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
Fastadjective
Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
Fastadjective
(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
Fastadjective
(obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
Fastadjective
(dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
Fastadjective
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
Fastadjective
(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
Fastadverb
In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
Fastadverb
(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .
Fastadverb
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
Fastadverb
Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
Fastadverb
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
Fastnoun
A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
Fastnoun
The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
Fastnoun
The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
Fastinterjection
(archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
Fastverb
(intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.
Fastverb
To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
Fastverb
To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.
Fastnoun
Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
Fastnoun
Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
Fastnoun
A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.
Fastnoun
That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; - called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.
Fastadjective
Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.
Fastadjective
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
Fastadjective
Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
Fastadjective
Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
Fastadjective
Tenacious; retentive.
Fastadjective
Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
Fastadjective
Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
Fastadjective
Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.
Fastadjective
In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc.
Fastadverb
In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.
Fastadverb
In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
Fastnoun
abstaining from food
Fastverb
abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons;
Fastverb
abstain from eating;
Fastadjective
acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly;
Fastadjective
(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time;
Fastadjective
at a rapid tempo;
Fastadjective
(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds;
Fastadjective
firmly fastened or secured against opening;
Fastadjective
resistant to destruction or fading;
Fastadjective
unrestrained by convention or morality;
Fastadjective
hurried and brief;
Fastadjective
securely fixed in place;
Fastadjective
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause;
Fastadverb
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form);
Fastadverb
firmly or tightly;
