Fling vs Hurry - What's the difference?

Fling is a related term of hurry.

As nouns the difference between fling and hurry

is that fling is an act of throwing, often violently while hurry is rushed action.

As verbs the difference between fling and hurry

is that fling is to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl while hurry is (label) to do things quickly.

fling

English

Noun

(en noun)

An act of throwing, often violently.

An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

the fling of a horse

An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.

* D. Jerrold

When I was as young as you, I had my fling . I led a life of pleasure.

Short, often sexual relationship.

I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.

(figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling" ).

(obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

* Jonathan Swift

I, who love to have a fling , / Both at senate house and king.

A kind of dance.

the Highland fling

(obsolete) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

* Old proverb

England were but a fling / Save for the crooked stick and the grey goose wing.

Synonyms

* (l)

Verb

To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.

* Dryden

'Tis Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings, / Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.

* Addison

I know thy generous temper well. / Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it, / It straight takes fire.

* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]

Wilkinson was struggling, sending the re-start straight into touch and flinging a pass the same way, and France then went close to the first try of the contest as Clerc took a long pass out on the left and was just bundled into touch by the corner flag.

(archaic) To throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

* Milton

And crop-full, out of doors he flings .

* Elizabeth Browning

I flung' closer to his breast, / As sword that, after battle, ' flings to sheath.

(archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.

* Helen Crocket, The Ettrick Shepherd's Last Tale

The horse flung most potently, making his heels fly aloft in the air.

(archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.

The scold began to flout and fling .

hurry

English

Noun

Rushed action.

* '>citation

Urgency.

(sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

Derived terms

* in a hurry

Verb

(en-verb)

(label) To do things quickly.

*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry , with futile energy, from place to place.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

(label) Often with (up), to speed up the rate of doing something.

(label) To cause to be done quickly.

(label) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

*:Impetuous lust hurries him on.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:They hurried him aboard a bark.

(label) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:And wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of your doubtful friends.

Synonyms

* See also