Hasten vs Expede - What's the difference?
hasten | expede |
To move in a quick fashion.
To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
* Bible, Psalms lv. 8
* 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 7:
To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
As verbs the difference between hasten and expede
is that hasten is to move in a quick fashion while expede is to hasten or expedite.hasten
English
Verb
(en verb)- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
- [...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.