Chase vs Hurry - What's the difference?

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Chase is a related term of hurry.

As a proper noun chase

is a botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist mary agnes chase (1869-1963).

As a noun hurry is

rushed action.

As a verb hurry is

(label) to do things quickly.

chase

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) chacier, from captio. Akin to catch.

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

A hunt.

(uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.

* 1996 , Marla Pender McGhee, Quick & Fun Learning Activities for 1 Year Olds (page 25)

Some children like to be caught when playing chase , and others do not.

* 2009 , Martin J. Levin, We Were Relentless: A Family's Journey to Overcome Disability (page 41)

So we played chase up and down the concourses of the airport.

(British) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.

Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.

* Shakespeare

Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase , / For I myself must hunt this deer to death.

(nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

(real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.

Derived terms

* cut to the chase * wild-goose chase

Verb

(chas)

To pursue, to follow at speed.

To hunt.

To give chase; to hunt.

to chase around after a doctor

(nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.

To dilute alcohol.

Chase vodka with orange juice to make a screwdriver.

(cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.

Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.

(baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch

Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.

(baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed

The rally chased the starter.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "chase")

Synonyms

* pursue

Derived terms

* chase after * chase one's tail * chase rainbows * chase the dragon

Etymology 2

Perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl) chasse, from (etyl) capsa.

Noun

(en noun)

(printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.

Etymology 3

Possibly from obsolete French , from (etyl), from Latin capsa, box. V., variant of “enchase”.

Noun

(en noun)

A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.

(architecture) A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring; an hollow space in the wall of a building containing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.

The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.

The cavity of a mold.

(shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Verb

(chas)

To groove; indent.

To cut (the thread of a screw).

To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words

hurry

English

Noun

Rushed action.

* '>citation

Urgency.

(sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

Derived terms

* in a hurry

Verb

(en-verb)

(label) To do things quickly.

*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry , with futile energy, from place to place.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

(label) Often with (up), to speed up the rate of doing something.

(label) To cause to be done quickly.

(label) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

*:Impetuous lust hurries him on.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:They hurried him aboard a bark.

(label) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:And wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of your doubtful friends.

Synonyms

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