Chastens vs Hastens - What's the difference?
chastens | hastens |
(chasten)
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate
To make chaste; to purify.
To punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement; to discipline.
To render humble or restrained.
(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 chastens and hastens
is that chastens is third-person singular of chasten while hastens is third-person singular of hasten.chastens
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* *chasten
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(en verb)hastens
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* ----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.