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Breakneck vs Hasty - What's the difference?

breakneck | hasty |

As adjectives the difference between breakneck and hasty

is that breakneck is dangerously fast; hell-for-leather while hasty is acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it..

As a noun breakneck

is a fall that breaks the neck.

breakneck

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
    • He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fall that breaks the neck.
  • A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.

    • hasty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it. )
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    • Derived terms

    * hastily * hastiness * overhasty

    Related terms

    * haste * hasten * hasteful * hurried

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