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Execute vs Expedite - What's the difference?

execute | expedite |

As verbs the difference between execute and expedite

is that execute is while expedite is to accelerate the progress of.

As an adjective expedite is

free of impediment; unimpeded.

execute

English

Verb

(execut)
  • To kill as punishment for capital crimes.
    • There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.
  • To carry out; to put into effect.
    • Your orders have been executed , sir!
    I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.
  • * Milton
    • Why delays / His hand to execute what his decree / Fixed on this day?
  • To perform.
    • to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly
    to execute a turn in ballet
  • To cause to become legally valid; as, to execute a contract.
  • (computing) To start, launch or run; as, to execute a program.

    • Synonyms

    * (computing) start, launch, run, open

    Related terms

    * executable * execution * executioner * executive * executor * executed * See also

    expedite

    English

    Verb

    (expedit)
  • To accelerate the progress of.
    • He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.
  • To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.

    • Antonyms

    * impede * slow down

    Related terms

    * expede (obsolete) * expedience * expediency * expedient * expedition

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Free of impediment; unimpeded.
  • * Hooker
    • to make the way plain and expedite
  • Expeditious; quick; prompt.
  • * Tillotson
    • nimble and expedite in its operation
  • * John Locke
    • Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts.
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