Bolt vs Hurtle - What's the difference?
bolt | hurtle | Synonyms |
A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
* 1975 , Wakeman, John. Literary Criticism
* Monday June 20, 2005 , The Guardian newspaper
A clattering sound.
* 1913 , Eden Phillpotts. Widecombe Fair p.26
In intransitive terms the difference between bolt and hurtle
is that bolt is to escape while hurtle is to move rapidly, violently, or without control.In transitive terms the difference between bolt and hurtle
is that bolt is to cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted) while hurtle is to hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.As nouns the difference between bolt and hurtle
is that bolt is a (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw while hurtle is a fast movement in literal or figurative sense.As verbs the difference between bolt and hurtle
is that bolt is to connect or assemble pieces using a bolt while hurtle is to move rapidly, violently, or without control.As an adverb bolt
is suddenly; straight; unbendingly.As a proper noun Bolt
is {{surname|from=nicknames}.bolt
English
(wikipedia bolt)- But the war woke me up, I began to move left, and recent events have accelerated that move until it is now a hurtle .
- Jamba has removed from Marlowe's Doctor Faustus all but the barest of essentials - even half its title, leaving us with an 80-minute hurtle through Faustus's four and twenty borrowed years on earth.
- There came a hurtle of wings, a flash of bright feathers, and a great pigeon with slate-grey plumage and a neck bright as an opal, lit on a swaying finial.
