Fast vs Rooted - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between fast and rooted

is that fast is firmly or securely fixed in place; stable while rooted is in trouble or in strife, screwed.

As an adverb fast

is in a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved .

As a noun fast

is a train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.

As an interjection fast

is short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.

fast

English

(wikipedia fast)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fast, from (etyl) ; see it for cognates and further etymology. The development of “rapid” from an original sense of “secure” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare (hard) in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related .

Adjective

(er)

(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.

That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast !

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

* Spenser

outlaws lurking in woods and fast places

(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".)

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.

I am going to buy a fast car.

(computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.

Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).

* Shakespeare

all this while in a most fast sleep

(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.

All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast .

(obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.

* Francis Bacon

Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells.

(colloquial) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.

She's fast – she slept with him on their first date. .

Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast .

(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.

Synonyms

* (occurring or happening within a short time) quick, rapid, speedy, swift * (capable of moving with great speed) quick, rapid, speedy * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) ahead * (rapidly consents to sexual activity) easy, slutty * (firmly or securely fixed in place) firm, immobile, secure, stable, stuck, tight * (firm against attack) fortified, impenetrable * colour-fast * deep, sound

Antonyms

* (occurring or happening within a short time) slow * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) slow, behind * (firmly or securely fixed in place) loose * (firm against attack) penetrable, weak * light

Derived terms

* bedfast * chairfast * fasten (rapid) * fast and furious * fast food * fast-forward

Adverb

(er)

In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved .

(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .

Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .

Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .

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Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

Synonyms

* (quickly) quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly * (in a firm or secure manner) firmly, securely, tightly * deeply * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) ahead

Antonyms

* (quickly) slowly * (in a firm or secure manner) loosely * lightly * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) behind

Noun

(en noun)

(British, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations

Synonyms

* (rail transport) express, express train, fast train

Antonyms

* (rail transport) local, slow train, stopper

Interjection

(en interjection)

(archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target

Antonyms

* (archery) loose

Etymology 2

From (etyl) fasten, from (etyl) . The noun is probably from (etyl) fasta.

Verb

(en verb)

To abstain from food, or eat very little, especially for religious or medical reasons.

Muslims fast during Ramadan.

* Bible, 2 Sam. xii. 21

Thou didst fast and weep for the child.

* Milton

Fasting' he went to sleep, and ' fasting waked.

* 2007 , John Zerzan, Silence , p. 3,

It is at the core of the Vision Quest, the solitary period of fasting and closeness to the earth to discover one's life path and purpose.

Noun

(en noun)

The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food

The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food

* Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.

Synonyms

* (act or practice) fasting

Derived terms

* break one's fast * breakfast * fast day

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rooted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.

She stayed rooted in place.

* 2002 , Peter Loizos, Chapter Two: Misconceiving refugees?'', Renos K. Papadopoulos (editor), ''Therapeutic Care for Refugees: No Place Like Home , page 54,

Those with fewest attachments or obligations may be most vulnerable to transitions from a more rooted life, before flight, to the new as-yet unrooted or uprooted life.

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(figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.

* 1782 May, Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber (editors), The Link-Boy'', ''The London Magazine, or, Gentleman?s Monthly Intelligencer , Volume 51, page 205,

He will immediately break in on their mo?t rooted prejudices ; and with a kind of malignant ?atisfaction hack their darling notions with un?paring rigour and unblu?hing in?olence.

* 1985 , Anthony Hyman, Charles Babbage: Pioneer Of The Computer , page 32,

The greater part of his property he has acquired himself during years of industry ; but with it he has acquired the most rooted habits of suspicion.

* 2011 , William P. Ryan, Working from the Heart: A Therapist?s Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy , page 47,

With other experiences added on top, the feeling state becomes more entrenched, more rooted .

Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).

* 1979 , Edward Digby Baltzell, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia , page 280,

Proper Philadelphians, especially before they became Episcopalians, and the unfashionable branches of their families to this day are surely more rooted in Westtown than St. Paul?s, the fashionable favorite.

* 1997 , William E. Reiser, To Hear God?s Word, Listen to the World: The Liberation of Spirituality , page 12,

For what is gradually taking hold, I think, is a way of drawing near to God that is far more rooted' in history and far more ' rooted in the gospel than we have been accustomed to.

* 2008 , Michael Allen Gillespie, The Theological Origins of Modernity , page 93,

This form of humanism posed a greater danger to the monks and clerics than Italian humanism because it was less extravagant, less pagan, and more rooted in an ideal of Christian charity that the church at least nominally shared.

(mathematics, graph theory, of a tree or graph) Having a root.

(slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.

I am absolutely rooted if Ferris finds out about this

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.

I'm going to have to call a mechanic, my car's rooted .

(computing, uncomparable) Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.

You are rooted . All your base are belong to us.

Derived terms

* unrooted

Verb

(head)

(root)