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Expedite vs Streamline - What's the difference?

expedite | streamline |

In transitive terms the difference between expedite and streamline

is that expedite is to perform (a task) fast and efficiently while streamline is to modernise.

As an adjective expedite

is free of impediment; unimpeded.

As a noun streamline is

a line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

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

    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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    streamline

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
  • (meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
  • See also

    * streakline * pathline

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
  • (by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
  • To modernise.
  • Derived terms

    * streamliner

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