Quick vs. Swift

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.

Swiftadjective

Fast; quick; rapid.

Swiftadjective

Capable of moving at high speeds.

Swiftnoun

A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.

Swiftnoun

Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

Swiftnoun

(entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.

Swiftnoun

(entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.

Swiftnoun

A reel for winding yarn.

Swiftnoun

The main cylinder of a carding-machine.

Swiftnoun

(obsolete) The current of a stream.

Swiftadverb

Swiftly.

Swiftadjective

Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.

Swiftadjective

Of short continuance; passing away quickly.

Swiftadverb

Swiftly.

Swiftnoun

The current of a stream.

Swiftnoun

Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidæ. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.

Swiftnoun

Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.

Swiftnoun

The ghost moth. See under Ghost.

Swiftnoun

A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; - used chiefly in the plural.

Swiftnoun

The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

Swiftnoun

United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)

Swiftnoun

an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

Swiftnoun

small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

Swiftnoun

common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

Swiftadjective

moving very fast;