Quick vs. Keen
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.
Keenadjective
Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
Keenadjective
Fierce, intense, vehement.
Keenadjective
Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
Keenadjective
Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
Keenadjective
Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
Keenadjective
Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
Keenadjective
(Britain) Extremely low as to be competitive.
Keenadjective
Marvelous.
Keenadjective
(obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.
Keenverb
To make cold, to sharpen.
Keenverb
(intransitive) To utter a keen.
Keenverb
(transitive) To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
Keenverb
(transitive) To mourn.
Keennoun
A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
Keenadjective
Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
Keenadjective
Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
Keenadjective
Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
Keenadjective
Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; - applied to cold, wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
Keenadjective
Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
Keenadjective
Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen.
Keenverb
To sharpen; to make cold.
Keenverb
To wail as a keener does.
Keennoun
A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
Keennoun
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
Keenverb
express grief verbally;
Keenadjective
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
Keenadjective
intense or sharp;
Keenadjective
very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation;
Keenadjective
very good;
Keenadjective
as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument;
Keenadjective
having a sharp cutting edge or point;
Keenadjective
having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm
Keenadjective
interested in or attracted by (someone or something)
Keenadjective
(of a sense) highly developed
Keenadjective
having or showing great perception or insight
Keenadjective
(of the edge or point of a blade) sharp
Keenadjective
(of the air or wind) extremely cold; biting
Keenadjective
(of a smell, light, or sound) penetrating; clear
Keenadjective
(of activity or feeling) intense
Keenadjective
(of prices) very low; competitive
Keenadjective
excellent
Keenverb
wail in grief for a dead person
Keenverb
make an eerie wailing sound
Keennoun
an Irish funeral song accompanied by wailing in lamentation for the dead.
