Accelerated vs Hastened - What's the difference?
accelerated | hastened |
(accelerate)
Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
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Happening sooner than expected.
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(hasten)
To move in a quick fashion.
To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
* Bible, Psalms lv. 8
* 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 7:
To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
As verbs the difference between accelerated and hastened
is that accelerated is (accelerate) while hastened is (hasten).As an adjective accelerated
is moving or progressing faster than is usual.accelerated
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hastened
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(head)hasten
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(en verb)- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
- [...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.
