Fleet vs Slow - What's the difference?

As a proper noun fleet

is the stream that ran where fleet street now runs.

As an adjective slow is

taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

As a verb slow is

to make (something) run, move, etc less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

As a noun slow is

someone who is slow; a sluggard.

As an adverb slow is

slowly.

fleet

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

A group of vessels or vehicles.

Any group of associated items.

* 2004 , Jim Hoskins, Building an on Demand Computing Environment with IBM

This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.

(nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

(nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

Etymology 2

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. cognate to Low German fleet

* Matthewes

Together wove we nets to entrap the fish / In floods and sedgy fleets .

(nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

Derived terms

* Fleet * fleet in being * Fleet Street * merchant fleet

Etymology 3

From (etyl)

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To float.

[Antony] "Our sever'd navy too,
Have knit again, and fleet, threat'ning most sea-like."'' -- Shakespeare, ''Antony and Cleopatra

To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of

a ship that fleets the gulf

(Spenser)

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy

* Shakespeare

Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly.

And so through this dark world they fleet / Divided, till in death they meet;'' -- Percy Shelley, ''Rosalind and Helen .

(nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.

(Totten)

(nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.

To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

To take the cream from; to skim.

Adjective

(en-adj)

(literary) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble; fast.

* Milton

In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.

* 1908:

(uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

(Mortimer)

slow

English

Adjective

(er)

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

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Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.

* (John Milton)

These changes in the heavens, though slow , produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

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Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.

Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.

* The Bible, Prov. xiv. 29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.

(of a clock or the like) Behind]] in time; indicating a time [[early, earlier than the true time.

Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.

(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.

Synonyms

* See also * (taking a long time to move a short distance) deliberate; moderate * (not happening in a short time) gradual * (of reduced intellectual capacity) dull-witted * (acting with deliberation) dilatory, inactive, tardy, slothful, sluggish * (lacking spirit) boring, dull

Antonyms

* (taking a long time to move a short distance) fast, quick, rapid, swift * (of reduced intellectual capacity) prompt, quick * (acting with deliberation) hasty, precipitate, prompt * (lacking spirit) brisk, lively

Derived terms

* slow motion, slo-mo * slow-belly * slow burn * slowish * slowly * slow march * slowness * slowpoke

Verb

(en verb)

To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.

To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

* '>citation

After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.

Synonyms

* (keep from going quickly) delay, hinder, retard * (become slow) decelerate, slacken

Derived terms

* slower * slow up * slow down

Noun

(en noun)

Someone who is slow; a sluggard.

(music) A slow song.

Adverb

(er)

Slowly.

That clock is running slow .

* Shakespeare

Let him have time to mark how slow time goes / In time of sorrow.

Anagrams

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