Happy vs Fast - What's the difference?

As an adjective happy

is experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

As a verb fast is

happy

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Adjective

(er)

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

* 1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 144, xv,

Happy' is that people, that is in such a case: yea, ' happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

* 1777 , (Alexander Pope), An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Argument of Epistle II'', in ''The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq , Volume III, page 26,

The learn'd is happy' nature to explore, / The fool is ' happy that he knows no more ;

Music makes me feel happy .

Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.

* 1661 , (Robert Boyle), (The Sceptical Chymist) , 2006, Elibron Classics (imprint), page 227,

I may presume that what I have hitherto discoursed will induce you to think, that chymists have been much more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them; or in assigning the principles by which they may best be explained.

Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

* 1761 , (Jonathan Swift), A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation'': Introduction, in ''The works of Dr Jonathan Swift , Volume VII, page 246,

For instance, one lady can give an an?wer better than a?k a que?tion : one gentleman is happy at a reply ; another excels in a rejoinder : one can revive a langui?hing conver?ation by a ?udden ?urpri?ing ?entence ;.

Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?

Are you happy with your internet service provider?

(As a suffix to a noun) favouring or inclined to use, as in trigger-happy.

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Usage notes

* Said of expedients, efforts, ventures, omens, etc. * (experiencing the effect of favorable fortune) Said of people, hours, thoughts, times, etc.

Synonyms

* (favored by luck) lucky, fortunate, prosperous, cheerful, content, delighted, elated, exultant, orgasmic See

Antonyms

* sad * unhappy * unpleasant, displeasing, unenjoyable

Derived terms

* happify * happily * happiness * happy as a lark * happy as a pig in shit * happy as Larry * happy bunny * happy chappy * happy-clappy * happy families * happy family * happy-go-lucky * happy hour * happy slapping * happy talk * slap-happy * trigger-happy

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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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