Rapid vs. Quick

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Rapidadjective

Very swift or quick.

Rapidadjective

Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)

Rapidadjective

Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)

Rapidadjective

Violent, severe.

Rapidadjective

Happy.

Rapidadverb

(archaic or colloquial) Rapidly.

Rapidnoun

a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.

Rapidnoun

(dated) A burst of rapid fire.

Rapidadjective

Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.

Rapidadjective

Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.

Rapidadjective

Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.

Rapidnoun

The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes called whitewater; - usually used in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.

Rapidnoun

a part of a river where the current is very fast

Rapidadjective

done or occurring in a brief period of time;

Rapidadjective

characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed;

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;