Quick vs Existent - What's the difference?
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Quick is a related term of existent. In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between quick and existent is that quick is (archaic) pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling while existent is (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently. As adjectives the difference between quick and existent is that quick is moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast while existent is existing; having life or being, current; occurring now. As nouns the difference between quick and existent is that quick is raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails while existent is (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently. As an adverb quick is (colloquial) with speed, quickly. As a verb quick is to amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
quick Adjective
( er)
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
- I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.
- He's a quick runner.
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- That was a quick meal.
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
* Latimer
- The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended.
(archaic) Alive, living.
* Bible, 2 Timothy iv. 1
- the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead
* Herbert
- Man is no star, but a quick coal / Of mortal fire.
* 1874 , , X
- The inmost oratory of my soul,
- Wherein thou ever dwellest quick or dead,
- Is black with grief eternal for thy sake.
(archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
* Shakespeare
- she's quick ; the child brags in her belly already: tis yours
Of water: flowing.
Burning, flammable, fiery.
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
* Shakespeare
- The air is quick there, / And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.
(mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
Synonyms
* (moving with speed) fast, speedy, rapid, swift
* See also
Antonyms
* (moving with speed) slow
Derived terms
* kwik
* quick-change artist
* quick-drying
* quicken
* quick fix
* quickie
* quicklime
* quickly
* quick on his feet
* quick on the draw
* quicksand
* quicksilver
* quick smart
* quickstep
* quick-witted
Adverb
( er)
(colloquial) with speed, quickly
- Get rich quick.
- Come here, quick !
* John Locke
- If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.
Noun
( en noun)
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
plants used in making a quickset hedge
* Evelyn
- The works are curiously hedged with quick .
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
* Latimer
- This test nippeth, this toucheth the quick .
* Fuller
- How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference!
quitchgrass
- (Tennyson)
Derived terms
* cut to the quick
* to the quick
Verb
( en verb)
To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
To quicken.
* (Thomas Hardy)
- I rose as if quicked by a spur I was bound to obey.
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existent English
Adjective
(-)
existing; having life or being, current; occurring now
Synonyms
* existing
Antonyms
* nonexistent
Related terms
* exist
* existence
* existential
* extant
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic) a being or entity that exists independently
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